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LESSON Practice B
8-1 Building Blocks of Geometry
Identify the figures in the diagram.

1. three points
A
2. one line B C

3. a plane D
4. four rays

5. three line segments

Identify the figures in the diagram.

6. four points M
N
7. three lines
O
P
8. a plane

9. three rays

10. four line segments

Identify the figures in the diagram.

11. four points

R
Q
12. two lines

13. a plane S T

14. four rays

15. five line segments

16. Identify the line segments that are congruent in the figure. A B C

D E F

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 Practice A
LESSON Practice B
LESSON
8-1 Building Blocks of Geometry 8-1 Building Blocks of Geometry
Write the following in geometric notation. Identify the figures in the diagram. Possible answers:
1. line EF 
EF 2. ray RS 
RS 3. line segment JK JK
 1. three points A, B, C, D
A
Choose the letter for the best answer. 2. one line 
BC B C

4. Identify a line. 3. a plane plane ABC D

A  
BD C 
CB A
B , 
BD CD, 
CB, 
BC
B 
AD 
D 
BD 4. four rays

5. three line segments B

A, , 
AC , 
BD , 
CD 
BC
5. Identify a ray. C D
F 
AC 
H CD Identify the figures in the diagram. Possible answers:
G 
AD J 
CB
6. four points M, N, O, P M
N
6. Identify a line segment. 7. Identify a plane.
7. three lines , MO
MN , NO

A 
DB C CB F plane AB 
H plane ABD O
P
B DB
 D AD G plane ADE J plane BCF 8. a plane plane MNO

Identify the figures in the diagram. Possible Answers: 9. three rays , 
MO MN, 
NM, 
NO, 
OM, 
ON, 
OP

8. two lines 

XY, 
XZ, 
YZ 10. four line segments N
M, , 
MO NO, 
OP

9. three rays , 

XY YX, 
XZ, 
ZX, 
YZ, 
ZY X Identify the figures in the diagram. Possible answers:
Y
10. three points X, Y, Z 11. four points Q, R, S, T
R
11. three line segments Y
X, 
XZ, 
YZ
Z
12. two lines QS, 
 RT Q

12. a plane plane XYZ 13. a plane plane QRS S T

Use the figure for Exercise 13. 14. four rays 
QS, 
SQ, 
RT, 
TR
13. Identify which line segments are congruent. A B
15. five line segments R
Q, 
RS, 
QS, , 
ST RT
B
A and C
D
; A
C
 and B
D

16. Identify the line segments that are congruent in the figure. A B C
C D
B
A and D
E
; B
C
 and E
F
;
D
A, , and 
BE 
CF
D E F

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Practice C
LESSON Reteach
LESSON
8-1 Building Blocks of Geometry 8-1 Building Blocks of Geometry
Identify the figures in the diagram. You can think of real-life objects to represent geometric terms.

A, B, C, D, E, F Point: a polka dot Line: a straight road in Ray: flashlight beam

1. six points
both directions
2. a line 
BE A B C
B C Q
3. planes (list 4 possible names) Possible answers:
A
plane ACE, plane BCD, P
D E F Point A 
Line BC, or BC 
Ray PQ, or PQ
plane ABD, plane CEF
Line segment: a ruler Part of a plane: table top Congruent line segments:
4. three rays 
CA, 
DF, 
BD, 
EC, 
BE, 
EB, 
BA, 
EF lines on an index card

5. five line segments B

A, , 
BC , 
AD DB, 
BE, EC
, G H E W X
F, 
C DE, EF, , 
AC DF Y Z
D F
Give examples of where each figure could H
Line segment GH, or G Plane DEF X
W
YZ
be found in the picture.

For 1–5, use geometry notation to identify the figures.

1. three points
K
J, K, L, M, N M N
6. points
2. three lines J L
Possible answer: any corner of the house or of a window or door

JK, 
KL, 
JL
7. planes
3. a plane
Possible answer: the ground
Possible answer: plane JMK
8. rays
4. three rays
Possible answer: the sunlight 
LN, 
JM, 
JK , 
KJ , 
KL , 
LK , 
JL , 
LJ
9. line segments 5. three line segments
A B
Possible answer: all of the line segments that make up the house JK
, , JL
KL , JM
, L
N
10. congruent line segments 6. Identify the congruent line segments F C
in the figure at the right.
Possible answer: opposite sides of windows and door
E
A; C
AC D

DE E D

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