Geometric Terms
Shapes
Lines, Segments, and Planes
Basic Angles
Complex Angles
100
What is the branch of mathematics that focuses on points, lines, surfaces, solids, and angles?
Geometry
100

What shape has the least amount of sides?

Triangle

100

What is part of a line consisting of two end points and all points between them?

Line Segment

100

What is a figure formed by two rays, with a common endpoint?

Angle

100
What are angles that have the same degree measure?
Congruent Angles
200
What is a statement that is accepted as true without proofs?
Postulate
200
What is a four-sided flat shape with opposite sides that are parallel and equal in length?
Parallelogram
200
What are segments that have the same length?
Congruent Segments
200

What is the common endpoint of an angle (the point where two lines meet)?

Vertex

200
What are two nonadjacent angles formed by two intersecting lines?
Vertical Angles
300
What is statement that has been proven by mathematical reasoning?
Theorem
300
What is a four-sided figure?
Quadrilateral
300

What are points that lie on the same line?

Collinear Points

300

What is an angle that measures greater than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees?

Obtuse Angle

300

What is the line that cuts through two other lines called?

Transversal

400

What is a written explanation using definitions, theorems, and postulates to come to a conclusion about a geometric statement?

Proof

400
What is a quadrilateral with only one pair of parallel sides?
Trapezoid
400

What are coplanar lines that do not intersect?

Parallel Lines

400
What is an angle that measures 90 degrees?
Right Angle
400

Which set of interior angles are congruent?

Interior Alternate

500

Who was the Greek mathematician known as the "Father of Geometry"?

Euclid

500

What is the name of a shape with twenty sides?

Icosagon

500

What are non-coplanar lines that do not intersect?

Skew

500

What are two angles on the same line that measures 180 degrees?

Supplementary Angles

500
What is a ray that divides an angle into two (2) congruent angles?
Angle Bisector