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This is an alphabetical list of the key vocabulary terms you will learn in Chapter 1.
As you study the chapter, complete each term’s definition or description.
Remember to add the page number where you found the term. Add these pages to your Geometry Study Notebook to review vocabulary at the end of the chapter.
Vocabulary Term
Found on Page
Definition/Description/Example
acute angle
adjacent angles uh·JAY·suhnt angle
angle bisector
collinear koh·LIN·ee·uhr complementary angles
congruent kuhn·GROO·uhnt
coplanar koh·PLAY·nuhr line segment
linear pair
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Vocabulary Term
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Found on Page
Definition/Description/Example
midpoint
obtuse angle
perimeter
perpendicular lines
polygon
PAHL·ee·gahn
ray
right angle
segment bisector
supplementary angles
vertical angles
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Points, Lines, and Planes
Pre-Activity
Why do chairs sometimes wobble?
Read the introduction to Lesson 1-1 at the top of page 6 in your textbook.
• How many ways can you do this if you keep the pencil points in the same position? • How will your answer change if there are four pencil points?
Reading the Lesson
1. Complete each sentence.
a. Points that lie on the same lie are called
points.
b. Points that do not lie in the same plane are