Jordan and Cecilia's Chapter 7 Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. The ratio of a length on the model or drawing to the actual length of the object being modeled or drawn
  2. 3. The ratio of the lengths of the corresponding sides of two similar polygons
  3. 6. You can verify that a dilation produces a similar figure by comparing corresponding sides and angles; for triangles you can also use SAS similarity
  4. 7. A process of repeating the same operation over and over again
  5. 9. A dilation with a scale factor greater than 1 produces this or an image that is larger than the original figure
  6. 10. Dilations are performed with respect to a fixed point called this
  7. 11. An angle bisector in a triangle separates the opposite side into two segments that are proportional to the lengths of the other two sides
  8. 12. A geometric figure that is created using iteration
  9. 14. If three or more parallel lines cut off congruent segments on one transversal, then they cut off congruent segments on every transversal
  10. 16. A comparison of two quantities using division
  11. 19. A segment with endpoints that are the midpoints of two sides of the triangle
  12. 21. A transformation that enlarges or reduces the original figure proportionally
  13. 22. If the corresponding side lengths of two triangles are proportional, then the triangles are similar
Down
  1. 1. The smaller details of the shape have the same geometric characteristics as the original form
  2. 3. It describes the extent of the dilation
  3. 4. Since a dilation produces a smaller figure, a dilation is a type of _____.
  4. 5. If two angles of one triangle are congruent to two angles of another triangle, then the triangles are similar
  5. 8. A dilation with a scale factor between 0 and 1 and produces and image that is smaller than the original figure
  6. 13. Can be drawn by making two new branches from the endpoint of each original branch, each one third as long as the previous branch
  7. 14. The product if the extremes and the means of the proportion
  8. 15. Polygons that have the same shape but not the same size
  9. 17. The scale factor between two similar polygons
  10. 18. Ratios used to compare three or more quantities
  11. 20. An object or drawing with lengths proportional to the object it represents