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What is Geometry about?

Geometry is about shapes.

The basic geometric idea is the point.

A line is made of an infinite number of point next to each other.

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A point is a tiny dot. It is so small that it has no dimension.

A straight line is the shortest distance between two points. Two lines can be intesecting, parallel or perpendicular.

1. How do you translate "flat shapes" into Italian?
2. Can you give a few examples of "flat shapes"?
3. What is a "point"?
4. What is a "straight line"?
5. Can you mention a few types of lines?

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In particular, plane geometry is about flat shapes, like triangles, squares, rectangles, and circles.

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a...................................b...................................c...................................d...................................e...................................f...................................g...................................

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• circle
• parallelogram
• rectangle
• rhombus
• square
• trapezium
• triangle

Match each shape with its definition

• it has 3 sides and 3 angles
• it has 2 pairs of equal sides that are parallel, 2 acute angles and 2 obtuse angles
• it has a circumference, diameter and radius
• it has 4 equal sides; the opposite sides are parallel and the opposite angles are equal
• it has 4 equal sides and 4 right sides
• it has 1 pair of parallel sides of different lengths
• it has 2 pairs of equal sides that are parallel and 4 right angles

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• figure piane
• punto
• linea retta
• rette parallele
• rette perpendicolari
• rette incidenti
• lati
• lati uguali
• lati opposti
• angoli
• angoli retti
• angoli ottusi
• angoli acuti
• circonferenza
• diametro
• raggio

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DOWN1. A shape with 1 pair of parallel sides of different lengths.2. A shape with 3 sides and 3 angles.3. The name of the line that goes around a circle.4. A tiny dot.

ACROSS5. The line that goes from one side of a circle to the other, passing through the centre.6. A shape with a radius.7. A shape with 2 pairs of equal sides that are parallel.8. A parallelogram but with all sides equal.

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