Chapter 5 Vocabulary
Across
- 1. A conclusion that follows easily from a given theorem.
- 6. The point where the altitudes of a triangle meet.
- 8. A quadrilateral whose opposite sides are parallel.
- 10. Line segment from the vertex of a triangle that is perpendicular to the opposite side.
- 11. A quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides.
- 14. A polygon for which a segment joining any two points in the interior does not lie entirely within the figure.
- 15. A triangle having one right angle.
- 16. A line segment connecting any two nonadjacent vertices of a polygon.
- 17. A polygon with sides of equal length and angles of equal measure.
- 19. Point where the three medians of a triangle intersect.
- 20. A single example that proves a statement false.
- 22. A parallelogram with four equal sides.
- 23. Line from a vertex of a triangle to the midpoint of the opposite side.
Down
- 2. A triangle having one angle greater than 90 degrees.
- 3. A triangle with no equal sides.
- 4. A four sided figure.
- 5. A triangle whose angles are all less than 90 degrees.
- 7. A parallelogram with four right angles.
- 9. Angle formed by extending one side of a triangle through any vertex.
- 12. The point where the angle bisectors of the angles of a triangle intersect.
- 13. A triangle with three equal sides.
- 14. A polygon for which the line segment joining any two points in the interior lies entirely within the figure.
- 18. A triangle with two equal sides.
- 21. A closed, many-sided geometric figure.