Geometry- Unit 1 vocabulary test

isometry

a transformation that preserves length

angle

formed by two rays with a common endpoint

radius

the fixed distance from the center of a circle

ray

part of a line with one endpoint

line

a straight path that extends infinitely in both directions

parallel lines

lines that never intersect

circle

the set of all point in a plane that are a fixed distance from a given point (the center)

transformation

operations that after the form a figure

perpendicular lines

two lines that intersect to form right angles

polygon

a closed plane figure for which all sides are line segments

line segment

part of a line with two endpoints

intersecting lines

lines that cross over each other

point

a location on a flat plane