LESSON

Understanding Points, Lines, and Planes

1-1
Lesson Objectives (p. 6):
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Vocabulary
1. Undefined term (p. 6): ____________________________________________
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2. Point (p. 6): ____________________________________________________
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3. Line (p. 6): _____________________________________________________
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4. Plane (p. 6): ____________________________________________________
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5. Collinear (p. 6): _________________________________________________
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6. Coplanar (p. 6): _________________________________________________
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7. Segment (p. 7): _________________________________________________
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LESSON

Understanding Points, Lines, and Planes

1-1
Lesson Objectives (p. 6):
identify, name, and draw points, lines, segments, rays, and planes; apply
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basic facts about points, lines, and planes.
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Vocabulary
a term that cannot be defined by using other figures, a
1. Undefined term (p. 6): ____________________________________________
building block of geometry.
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a location and has no size; it is represented by a point.
2. Point (p. 6): names
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straight path that has no thickness and extends forever.
3. Line (p. 6): a
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flat surface that has no thickness and extends forever.
4. Plane (p. 6): a
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which lie on the same line.
5. Collinear (p. 6): points
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which lie on the same plane.
6. Coplanar (p. 6): points
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part of a line consisting of two points and all points
7. Segment (p. 7): the
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between them.
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8. Endpoint (p. 7): _________________________________________________

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9. Ray (p. 7): _____________________________________________________
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10. Opposite rays (p. 7): _____________________________________________
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11. Postulate (p. 7): _________________________________________________
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Key Concepts
12. Undefined Terms (p. 6):
Term

Name

Diagram

Point:

Line:

Plane:

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point at the end of a segment or the starting point of a ray.

8. Endpoint (p. 7): a
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part of a line that starts at an endpoint and extends forever in
9. Ray (p. 7): a
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one direction.
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rays that have a common endpoint and form a line.
10. Opposite rays (p. 7): two
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statement that is accepted as true without proof.
11. Postulate (p. 7): a
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Key Concepts
12. Undefined Terms (p. 6):
Term

Name

Point: names a location

and has no size. It is
represented by a dot.

a capital letter
point P

Line: a straight path

that has no thickness
and extends forever.

a lowercase letter or
two points on the line
 or YX

, XY

Plane: a flat surface

that has no thickness
and extends forever.

a script capital letter or

three points not on a
line plane  or plane
ABC

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Diagram

C
B

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13. Segments and Rays (p. 7):

Definition

Name

Diagram

Segment:

Endpoint:

Ray:

Opposite rays:

14. PostulatesPoints, Lines and Planes (p. 7):

1-1-1
1-1-2

1-1-3

15. PostulatesIntersection of Lines and Planes (p. 8):

1-1-4
1-1-5

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13. Segments and Rays (p. 7):

Definition

Name

Diagram

Segment: part of a line the two endpoints

 or 
consisting of two
AB
BA
points and all points
between them.
Endpoint: a point at an
end of a segment or
the starting point of
a ray.

a capital letter
C and D

Ray: a part of a line

that starts at an
endpoint and extends
forever in one
direction.
Opposite rays: two
rays that have a
common endpoint
and form a line.

its endpoints and any

other point on the ray

RS

S
S

the common endpoint

and any other point
on each ray
 and EG

EF

14. PostulatesPoints, Lines and Planes (p. 7):

1-1-1 Through any two points there
is exactly one line.
1-1-2 Through any three noncollinear
points there is exactly one plane
containing them.
1-1-3 If two points lie in a plane, then
the line containing those points
lies in the plane.
15. PostulatesIntersection of Lines and Planes (p. 8):
1-1-4 If two lines intersect, then they intersect in exactly one point.
1-1-5 If two planes intersect, then they intersect in exactly one line.

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16. Get Organized In each box name, describe, and illustrate one of the
undefined terms. (p. 8).

Undefined Terms

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16. Get Organized In each box name, describe, and illustrate one of the
undefined terms. (p. 8).

Undefined Terms

A
Point A

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Line 


Plane 

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