Friday Morning Lights

Front

What is the term for transformations that preserve the shape and size of a figure?

Back

Rigid Transformations

Front

Which statement is true about a translation?

Back

A translation takes a line to a parallel line or itself.

Front

The original shape or figure before it undergoes a transformation is called?

Back

Pre-image

Front

What is the definition of congruence?

Back

If there is a sequence of rotations, reflections, and translations that take one figure to the other, then they are congruent.

Front

One figure is _______ to another if there is a sequence of translations, rotations, and reflections that takes the first figure exactly onto the second figure.

Back

Congruent

Front

What is a transformation in geometry?

Back

A change in the position, size, or shape of a figure.

Front

What is a dilation?

Back

A transformation that alters the size of a figure but not its shape.

Front

What is a reflection?

Back

A transformation that flips a figure over a line, creating a mirror image.

Front

What is a rotation?

Back

A transformation that turns a figure around a fixed point.

Front

What is the difference between congruent and similar figures?

Back

Congruent figures have the same shape and size; similar figures have the same shape but different sizes.