POINTS, LINES, AND

PLANES

Chapter One:
Basic Geometry

The Flipped Classroom!

https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojiebVw8O0g

POINTS, LINES, AND

PLANES

Chapter One:
Basic Geometry

Points and lines and planes,

oh my!!

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

* Name points, lines, and planes.
* Name segments and rays.
* Sketch intersections of lines and planes.
* Solve real-life problems involving lines and planes.

VIDEO LESSONS
Video #1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ4YxqumMkc
Video #2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOdj8ovY-mY&list=PLbINtLDwM0VQmjbi3-4W
wdTYXG9zpPFuD&index=7

UNDEFINED TERMS OF
EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY
Term

Descriptio
n

Naming

Point

Has no actual
size; used to
represent an
object of
location in
space

Named by a
capital letter
A
point A

Symbolic
Representati
on

UNDEFINED TERMS OF
EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY
Term

Descriptio
n

Naming

Line

Has no
thickness or
width; used to
represent a
continuous set
of linear
points that
extend
indefinitely in
both directions

Named by a
lowercase
script letter
or by two
points on
the line.

Symbolic
Representati
on

line l
or

UNDEFINED TERMS OF
EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY

Term

Descriptio Naming
n

Plane

Has no
thickness,
width, or
depth; used
to represent
a flat surface
that extends
indefinitely
in all
directions

Named by a capital
script letter or by
three non-collinear
points in the plane.
M
X
Y

Symbolic
Representati
on

Plane M
or
XYZ

DEFINED TERMS OF EUCLIDEAN

GEOMETRY
Term

Definition

Line
Segment

A part of a line
consisting of two
endpoints and
all of the points
between those

Symbol
A

DEFINED TERMS OF EUCLIDEAN

GEOMETRY
Term

Definition

Ray

A part of a line
consisting of
one endpoint
and extending
infinitely in one
direction

Symbol
B

DEFINED TERMS OF EUCLIDEAN

GEOMETRY
Term

Definition

Angle

Two rays that

share a common
endpoint

Symbol
A
B

<ABC
or
<CBA

DEFINED TERMS OF EUCLIDEAN

GEOMETRY
Term

Definition

Parallel lines

Two coplanar
lines that do not
intersect

Symbol

DEFINED TERMS OF EUCLIDEAN

GEOMETRY
Term

Definition

Perpendicular Two coplanar

lines
lines that
intersect to form
right angles

Symbol

DEFINED TERMS OF EUCLIDEAN

GEOMETRY
Term

Definition

Space

The set of all points, boundless and three

dimensional
A set of points that all lie on the same line

Collinear

(**two points are always collinear but more than

two points must be checked to determine if they
are on the same line**)

Non-collinear

A set of points that do not lie on the same

line

DEFINED TERMS OF EUCLIDEAN

GEOMETRY
Term

Definition

Coplanar

A set of points or lines that lie in the same

plane
(**three points are always coplanar but more
than three points must be checked to determine
if they are in the same plane**)

Non-coplanar

A set of points that do not lie in the same

plane

Skew lines

Two non-coplanar lines that do not intersect

ASSIGNMENT
Please complete the following problems on notebook
paper and turn it in to me at the end of class.
Textbook pp 8-10: #2, 12-26 even, 35-38, 47, 50, 56-63

GROUP ASSIGNMENT 1-1

SOLUTIONS

Planes have two dimensions. Lines, line segments,

and rays have one dimension.

GROUP ASSIGNMENT 1-1

SOLUTIONS

CA
EA
,

EB
,

EC ED
,
Example: EC & ED

GROUP ASSIGNMENT 1-1

SOLUTIONS
Example:

GROUP ASSIGNMENT 1-1

SOLUTIONS
Example:

GROUP ASSIGNMENT 1-1

SOLUTIONS
Example:

GROUP ASSIGNMENT 1-1

SOLUTIONS
Example:

GROUP ASSIGNMENT 1-1

SOLUTIONS
YC and YE are segments; YC and
YE are opposite rays.

GROUP ASSIGNMENT 1-1

SOLUTIONS
35. point

36. plane

37. line segment

38. point

GROUP ASSIGNMENT 1-1

SOLUTIONS

Three legs of the chair will meet on the floor to define a

plane, but the point at the bottom of the fourth leg
may not be in the same plane. When the chair tips so
that this leg is on the floor, the plane defined by this
leg and the two legs closest to it now lies in the plane
of the floor.
No Three points define a plane, so the legs of the
three-legged chair will always meet in the flat plane of
the floor.

GROUP ASSIGNMENT 1-1

SOLUTIONS
a. Example: north on Cherry Court,
south on Cherry Court; OR east
on Apple Avenue, west on Apple
Avenue
b. Opposite rays could not have
been formed because both
friends were not traveling along
the same line (road).

GROUP ASSIGNMENT 1-1

SOLUTIONS
never

56. A line extends without end.

GROUP ASSIGNMENT 1-1

SOLUTIONS
never
sometimes

57. The point may be on the line.

GROUP ASSIGNMENT 1-1

SOLUTIONS
58. The point may be in the
plane.

never
sometimes
sometimes

GROUP ASSIGNMENT 1-1

SOLUTIONS
59. The planes may not intersect.

never
sometimes
sometimes
sometimes

GROUP ASSIGNMENT 1-1

SOLUTIONS
60. There is exactly one line
through any two points.

never
sometimes
sometimes
sometimes
always

GROUP ASSIGNMENT 1-1

SOLUTIONS
61. The points may be collinear.

never
sometimes
sometimes
sometimes
always
sometimes

GROUP ASSIGNMENT 1-1

SOLUTIONS
62. There is exactly one plane
through any three points not on
the same line.

never
sometimes
sometimes
sometimes
always
sometimes
always

GROUP ASSIGNMENT 1-1

SOLUTIONS
63. Lines in parallel planes do not
intersect, and may not be
parallel.

never
sometimes
sometimes
sometimes
always
sometimes
always
sometimes

GROUP ASSIGNMENT 1-1

SOLUTIONS