Geometry 1 - 1 Intro To Geometry Handout
Geometry 1 - 1 Intro To Geometry Handout
1 Intro to Geometry
Geometry
The word "geometry "
comes from two Greek
words
geo and metron meaning "earth measuring."
Geometry was extremely important to ancient societies and
was used for surveying, astronomy, navigation, and building.
Geometry, as we know it is actually known as Euclidean
geometry which was written well over 2000 years ago in
Ancient Greece by Euclid, Pythagoras, Thales, Plato and
Aristotle just to mention a few. The most fascinating and
accurate geometry text was written by Euclid, and was called
Elements. Euclid's text has been used for over 2000 years!
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EXAMPLE: P
X t
N
F
There are 7 different names that you could
use to name this line.
They are:
ONE MORE TIME.
How many names does this line have?
N
C Y
T
There are 12 different names that you could
use to name this line.
They are:
PLANE
A plane is a “flat surface” – a
set of points that extends
infinitely in 2 dimensions.
What does “dimension” mean ?
________,_______,__________
.
A plane is infinitely long and infinitely
wide, but it has no height (or depth).
PLANE
A plane can be drawn
(represented) by a four sided
figure known as a parallelogram.
PLANE
A plane can be named by a single
“upper-case” “block” letter (written
near a corner of the plane).
What is the name
of this plane?
Q
Plane Q
or □Q
What is the name of this plane?
R N
ANSWER:
T _______
F
or intersection refers to
describing only those points
that are common to all sets
involved in the intersection or
to describing the points where
indicated shapes touch.
Ray
Symbolized by
Let’s look at a ray:
A is called the initial
point The initial point is
always the first
A B letter in naming a
AB
ray. Notice the
difference in
Ray AB extends in symbols from both
one direction a line and segment.
without end.
Symbol alert!
Not all symbols are created equal!
AB is the same as BA A B
A B
AB is the same as BA
BUT…
Symbol alert!!
The ray is different! Initial point 1st
point. The rays are sides of the angles. The initial point is called
the vertex. Notation: We denote an angle with
three points and symbol. The
vertex B middle point is always the vertex.
We can also name the angle with
sides just the vertex point. This angle can
A be denoted as:
C BAC , CAB, or A
Classifying Angles
Angles are classified as acute, right, obtuse,
and straight, according to their measures.
Angles have measures greater than 0° and less or
equal to 180°.
A A A A
Acute angle Right angle Obtuse angle Straight angle
0°< m A < m A = 90°< m A < m A = 180°
90° 90° 180°
Intersections of lines and planes
Point E is the
Two lines E intersection
intersect at a of plane H
point, like here and line EC
at point A. B A F
D
H C
G
Line BF is the intersection of the
planes G and H.