Geometry Vocabulary Powerpoint （几何词汇幻灯片）.ppt

Geometry Vocabulary Mr. Fiore Mr. Ryan What is Geometry? Geometry is the study of shapes They studied Geometry in Ancient Mesopotamia Ancient Egypt Geometry is important in the art and construction fields POINT A POINT is an exact location on a graph, shape or in “space”. The Hershey Kiss is a POINT on the line LINE A LINE goes in opposite directions and never, never, never ends. RAY A RAY is part of a line, but it has one endpoint and the other end keeps going. ENDPOINT An ENDPOINT is a point at the end of a ray or line segment. LINE SEGMENT A LINE SEGMENT is part of a ray or line. It has two endpoints VERTEX A VERTEX is a fancy name for “angle” Two rays or lines that have the same endpoint make a VERTEX/angle VERTEX/angles are measured in “degrees” CONGRUENT CONGRUENT means the “same” CONGRUENT LINE SEGMENTS means two line segments are the same CONGRUENT Vertex/Angles means two angles are the same VERTICAL LINE A VERTICAL LINE goes up down HORIZONTAL LINE A HORIZONTAL LINE goes “across” (left and right) PLANE A PLANE (no, not the one that flies!) is a flat surface that goes on forever in all directions. Imagine sitting on a row boat in the middle of the ocean. No matter which way you look…all you see is water…forever. OPEN CLOSED FIGURES A CLOSED FIGURE/SHAPE starts and ends at the same point. An OPEN FIGURE/SHAPE does NOT start and end at the same point. POLYGON A POLYGON is a “closed” shape A POLYGON is made up of line segments that do not cross. The number of sides gives a POLYGON its name PROTRACTOR We use a PROTRACTOR to measure vertex/angles in degrees 4 TYPES OF ANGLES ACUTE ANGLES are less than 90° 4 TYPES OF ANGLES RIGHT ANGLES measure exactly 90 ° 4 TYPES OF ANGLES OBTUES ANGLES are greater than 90 ° but less than 180 ° 4 TYPES OF ANGLES STRAIGHT ANGLE is exactly 180 ° ANGLES When you “name” an angle. The vertex/angle “letter/number” goes in the center of the label The End Once you study all the “fancy words”, Geometry is very easy to unde