Geometry Lesson 1.1 - Vocabulary

Point

*Has no size *tells an exact location *labled as Point x or x

Line

*Staight*has no thickness*infininite in both directions*named by two points on that line

Segment

*Part of a line *Has two endpoints labled as segment AB

Ray

*Part of a line *has one endpoint and is infinite in the other direction *letter that is the endpoint goes first when naming rays

Plane

*flat surface *infinite in all directions *has no thickness*named by three points in the plane

Collinear

Points that are on the same line

Noncollinear

Points that are not on the same line

How many points are needed to determine a line?

2

Coplanar

Points on the same plane

Noncoplanar

Points not on the same plane

How many points determine a plane?

3