Translations
Reflections
Transformations Vocab
Rotational Symmetry
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100

A translation is when you do this to a figure.

What is move it right, left, up, or down?

What is slide or shift?

100

A reflection is when you do this to a figure.

What is flip it or make a mirror image of it?

100

A rotation is when you do this to a figure.

What is spin it?

100

How do you find the degree of rotation?

What is 360 divided by the order?

100

What are the 2 qualities that define a regular polygon?

What are:

1. all sides congruent

2. all angles congruent

200

Find the new coordinates of C(10,12) if you translate the point three units left and 4 units up.

What is C'(7,16)?

200

Find the new coordinates of A(3,-2) after you reflect the point over the x-axis.

What is A'(3,2)?

200

What is a transformation about a line called?

What is a reflection?

200

What is the order of a pentagon?

What is 5?

200

the original image prior to any transformations

What is pre-image?

300

Write the mapping rule of point (x,y) after it moves 3 units to the left and 7 units up.

What is (x,y)->(x-3,y+7)?

300

Write the mapping rule of a reflection over the y-axis.

What is (x,y)->(-x,y)?

300

A transformation about a point is called what?

What is a rotation?

300

What is the degree of rotation of a regular octagon?

What is 45o?

300

an object has ____________ if there is a center point around which the object is rotated a certain number of degrees (360o) and the object looks the same.

What is rotational symmetry?

400

Describe this translation in words: 

(x,y) --> (x + 8, y + 4)

What is a translation of 8 units to the right and 4 units up?

400

A picture with one point F(-3,4) was reflected over the line x-axis. What should be the new coordinates of the point?

What is F'(-3,-4)?

400

Transformations that preserve distance and angle measures

What is isometry?

400

How many lines of symmetry does the letter S have and what is its order?

What is none; 2?

400

the new image after a transformation has occurred.

What is an image?

500

List the points of ∆LMN after a translation of <6,-4>. L(0,3) M(6,4) N(3,9)

What is L'(6,-1), M'(12,0), N'(9,5)?

500

List the points of rectangle DEFG after a reflection over the y-axis. D(5,5) E(5,8) F(8,8) G(8,5)

What is D'(-5,5), E'(-5,8), F'(-8,8), G'(-8,5)?

500

What is a transformation that shifts/slides every point the same distance in the same direction?

What is a translation?

500

How many lines of symmetry does a parallelogram have and what is its order?

What is none; 2?

500

The number of positions in which a figure is rotated and looks exactly the same is called

What is order?