Geometry Quizzes and Practice Test

two angles that share a common vertex and one common side but have no common interior points

adjacent angles

a figure formed by two rays with a common point

angle

If S is in the interior of <PQR, then m<SQR = m<PQR is the ____ postulate

angle addition

a ray that bisects an angle into two congruent angles

angle bisector

Construction is a method that creates a mathematically precise geometric figure using a ______ and _____

compass, straightedge

two angles in which the sum of their measures equals 90 degrees

complementary angles

An angle bisector is a ray that bisects and angle into two ____ angles

congruent

having the same size and shape

congruent

a method of creating a geometric figure that is mathematically precise by using a compass and straightedge

construction

____ is a number that corresponds to a point.

coordinate

a plane that is divided into four regions by a horizontal line (x axis) and a vertical line (y axis)

coordinate plane

A point is a location in space that has neither size nor _____.

dimension

the set of points outside an angle

exterior angles

the set of points between the two sides of an angle

interior of an angle

Collinear points lie on the same ____

line

A _____ consists of two endpoints and all the points in between them.

line segment

pair of adjacent angles whose noncommon sides are two opposite rays that form a straight line

linear pair of angles

A segment bisector is a line, line segment, or ray that intersects a line segment at its ____

midpoint

A coordinate is a ______ corresponding to a point

number

____ is a set of coordinates that indicates the location of a point on a coordinate plane

ordered pair

point of intersection of the x axis and y axis on a coordinate plane

orgin

A ____ is a flat surface that has no thickness and extends forever

plane

Coplanar points line on the same ______

plane

A postulate is accepted as true without _____

proof

the common endpoint of the rays of an angle

vertex

two nonadjacent angles formed by two intersecting lines

vertical angles

The points on any line or line segment can be put into one to one correspondence with real numbers so that two selected points can have coordinates 0 and 1, and that the distance between two points is the absolute value of the difference between the corresponding numbers is a statement of the ____ Postulate.

Ruler

The _____ Postulate states that if three points, A, B, and C are collinear, and B is between A and C, then AB+BC=AC.

Segment Addition

Given line AB and point O on that line, any ray that can be drawn with its endpoint at O can be put into a one to one correspondence with the real numbers between 0 and 180 is a statement of the ____ postulate

protractor

one of the four regions into which a coordinate plane is divided into

quadrant

A _____ is a part of a line that has one endpoint and extends in only one direction forever.

ray

An angle is a figure formed by two ___ with a common endpoint.

rays

An endpoint is at both ends of a line ____ or at the start of a ray.

segment

a line, line segment, or ray that intersects a line segment at its midpoint

segment bisector

Congruent means having the same ____ and ______

shape, size

A line is a ___ path that has no thickness and extends forever.

straight

two angles in which the sum of their measures equals 180 degrees

supplementary angles