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7th Grade
11/08/2006

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point
Definition
a point names a location
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line
Definition
a line is perfectly straight and extends forever in both directions
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plane
Definition
a plane is a perfectly flat surface that extendss forever in all directions
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segment
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a segment , or line segment , is the part of a line between two points
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ray
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a ray is part of a line that starts at one point and extends forever in one direction
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angle
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an angle (<) is formed by two rays with a common endpoint called the vertex
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right angle
Definition
a right angle is an angle that measures to be 90 degrees
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acute angle
Definition
an acute angle is an angle that measure to be less than 90 degrees
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obtuse angle
Definition
a obstuse angle is an angle that measures greater than 90 degrees
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complementary angles
Definition
complementary angles have measures that add up to 90 degrees
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supplementary angles
Definition
supplementary angles have measures that add up to 180 degrees
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supplementary angles
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supplementary angles have measures that add up to 180 degrees
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congruent
Definition
figures that have the same size and shape
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vertical angles
Definition
a pair of opposite cingruent angles formd by intersecting lines
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triangle sum theorem
Definition
the angle measures of a triangle in a plane add up to be 180 degrees
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obtuse triangle
Definition
has 1 obtuse triangle
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equilateral triangle
Definition
3 congruent sides and angles
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isosceles triangle
Definition
2 congruent sides and angles
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scalene triangle
Definition
no congruent sides or angles
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polygon
Definition
a closed plane figure formed by three or more segments
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regular polygon
Definition
all the sides and angles are equal
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trapeziod
Definition
has 1 pair of parallel sides
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parrallelogram
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has 2 pair if parallel sides
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rectangle
Definition
4 right angles
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rhombus
Definition
4 congruent sides
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square
Definition
has 4 sides and 4 right angles
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corresponding angle
Definition
angles formed by a transversal cutting two or more lines taht are in the same relation
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alternate interior
Definition
a pair of angles on the inner sides cut by the transversal
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alternate exterior
Definition
a pair of angles on the outer sides cut by the transversal
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transversal
Definition
a transversal is a line that intersects any two or more other lines
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perpendicular
Definition
perpendicular lines are lines taht intersect and make a 90 degrees angle
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parallel lines
Definition
parallel lines are two lines in a plane that never meet
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slope
Definition
slope is a number that describes how steep a line is.
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rise
Definition
vertical change
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run
Definition
horizontial change
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correspondence
Definition
a correspondence is a way of matching up two sets of odjects
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transformation
Definition
translations, rotations,a dn reflections are types of transformations
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translation
Definition
a translation slides a figure along a line with out turning
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rotation
Definition
a rotation turns the figure aroingf a point , called the center of rotation
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center of rotation
Definition
the center of rotation is the point that the figure rotations around
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reflection
Definition
a reflection flips the figure across a line to create a mirror image
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image
Definition
the resultiong figure or image of a translation, rotation, or reflection is congruent to the orignal firgure
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tessellation
Definition
a repeating pattern of plane figures that completely covers a plane with no gaps or overlaps is a tessellation
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lime symmetry
Definition
a figure has a line symmetry if you can draw a line throught it so that the two sides are mirror images other of each other
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line of symmetry
Definition
the line is called the line of symmetry
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rotational symmetry
Definition
where the figure can rotate around the same point and coincides with itself
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regular tessellation
Definition
a regular polgon is repeated to fill a plane
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semiregular tessellation
Definition
two or more regular polygons are repeated to fill the plane and the verticles are all identical
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acute triangle
Definition
3 acute angles
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