Geometry Shapes Vocab

Geometric figures that have the same size and shape

• Congruent figures

• Similar figures

• Same shapes

• Different shapes

A transformation that uses a line like a mirror to reflect a figure

• Reflection

• Rotation

• Translation

• Dilation

A transformation in which a figure is turned about a fixed point

• Rotation

• Reflection

• Translation

• Dilation

when the figure can be mapped onto itself by a rotation of 180 or less about the center of the figure.

• Rotational Symmetry

• Reflectional Symmetry

• Similar Figures

• Line Symmetry

A transformation that moves every point of a figure the same distance in the same direction

• Translation

• Rotation

• Reflection

• Dilation

when the figure can be mapped onto itself by a reflection in a line.

• Rotational Symmetry

• Congruent Figures

• Similar Figures

• Line Symmetry

A line that acts as a mirror for a reflection

• Line of Reflection

• Center of Reflection

• Line of Rotation

• Line of Roation

A line of reflection that maps a figure onto itself

• Line of Reflection

• Line of Rotation

• Center of Reflection

• Center of Rotation

The study of shapes, sizes, and properties of objects in space.

• Calculus

• Algebra

• Geometry

• Trigonometry

Part of a line with one endpoint that continues infinitely in the other direction.

• Line Segment

• Ray

• Line

• Point