Geometric Constructions and Vocabulary

1.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Name the construction.

Angle bisector

Perpendicular line to a point not on a line

Perpendicular line to a point on the line

Perpendicular bisector of a line segment

2.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

Name the incomplete construction.

Angle bisector

Perpendicular line to a point not on a line

Angle median

Perpendicular bisector of a line segment

3.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

What is this?

Compass

Circle creator

Pencil swingy-thing

Arc maker

4.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

What does the word BISECT mean?

To cut something into more than five pieces.

It is a plane with two sets of wings.

A shape that has three sides.

To cut something into two congruent pieces or in half.

5.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

What is being constructed?

A congruent segment

Parallel Lines

Perpendicular Bisector

Angle Bisector

6.

Multiple Choice

5 mins

1 pt

What does this symbol mean?

≅

not equal

congruent

equal

half

7.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Which diagram shows a correct mathematical construction using only a compass and a straightedge to bisect an angle?

A

B

C

D

8.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What geometric construction is shown in the diagram below?

an angle bisector

a line parallel to a given line

an angle congruent to a given angle

a perpendicular bisector of a segment

9.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

The given diagram is what kind of construction?

Perpendicular bisector

Congruent angles

Angle bisector

Congruent line segments

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Perpendicular lines

make right angles.

make obtuse angles.

do not intersect.

make acute angles.

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

A bisector is a line segment that

cuts in half.

is in the middle.

makes right angles.

cuts into three.

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Supplementary angles are two angles that

add to 180 degrees.

add to 90 degrees.

bisect each other.

add to 360 degrees.

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Complementary angles are two angles that

add to 180 degrees.

add to 90 degrees.

bisect each other.

add to 360 degrees.

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Parallel lines

never intersect

make right angles

make obtuse angles

make acute angles

15.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The constructions pictured is

copying an angle

copying a line segment

an angle bisector

a perpendicular bisector

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