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Geometry Vocabulary
Big Ideas Grade 7, Chapter 7
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Mathematics
7th Grade
01/25/2016

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Acute Angle
Definition
An angle less than 90°
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Right Angle
Definition
An angle equal to 90°
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Obtuse Angle
Definition
An angle greater than 90° and less than 180°
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Straight Angle
Definition
An angle equal to 180°
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Adjacent angles
Definition

Angles that share a common side and have the same vertex.

 

 

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Straight Angle
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Vertical angles
Definition
When opposite angles are formed by the intersection of two lines
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Congruent angles
Definition
Angles with the same measure
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Complimentary angle
Definition
When the sum of two angles measures 90°
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Supplementary angles
Definition
When the sum of two angles measures 180°
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Acute triangle
Definition
A triangle with all acute angles
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Obtuse triangle
Definition
A triangle with 1 obtuse angle
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Right triangle
Definition
A triangle with 1 right angle
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Equilateral triangle
Definition
A triangle with 3 congruent angles
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Congruent sides
Definition
Sides that have the same length
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Sum of the Angle Measures of a Triangle
Definition
180°
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Quadrilateral
Definition
A polygon with four sides
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Triangle
Definition
A polygon with 3 sides
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Trapezoid
Definition
A quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides
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Parallelogram
Definition
A quadrilateral with opposite sides that are parallel and congruent
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Kite
Definition
A quadrilateral with two pairs of congruent adjacent sides and opposite sides that are not congruent
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Rectangle
Definition
A parallelogram with four right angles
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Square
Definition
A parallelogram with four congruent sides and four right angles
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Rhombus
Definition
A parallelogram with four congruent sides
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Sum of the Angle Measures of a Quadrilateral
Definition
360°
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Scale Drawing
Definition
A proportional, two-dimensional drawing of an object
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Scale Model
Definition
A proportional, three-dimensional model of an object
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Scale
Definition
The ratio that compares the measurements of the drawing or model with the actual measurements
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Scale factor
Definition
A scale without units
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