Triangle Special Segments
Explore and identify special segments in triangles including medians, altitudes, angle bisectors, and perpendicular bisectors.
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Triangle Special Segments
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1. Which special segment connects a vertex of a triangle to the midpoint of the opposite side?
Altitude
Median
Angle Bisector
Perpendicular Bisector
2. An altitude of a triangle is a segment from a vertex to the opposite side.
Intersecting at 60 degrees
Perpendicularly
Dividing the angle in half
To the midpoint of the side
3. A segment that bisects an angle of a triangle is called an .
4. The point where the three medians of a triangle intersect is called the .
5. Draw an equilateral triangle and sketch all three medians. Label the medians.
6. Describe the key difference between a median and an altitude in a triangle.
7. A perpendicular bisector always passes through a vertex of the triangle.
True
False
8. In an isosceles triangle, the altitude from the vertex angle to the base is also the median and the angle bisector.
True
False
Match each definition with the correct special segment.
9. Divides an angle into two congruent angles.
a. Altitude
10. Connects a vertex to the midpoint of the opposite side.
b. Median
11. Perpendicular to a side and passes through the midpoint of that side.
c. Angle Bisector
12. Perpendicular segment from a vertex to the opposite side.
d. Perpendicular Bisector