Vocabulary Quiz - Geometry: 2D Shapes

This vocabulary quiz is a helpful tool for Year 3 students to consolidate their understanding of geometry, specifically focusing on 2D shapes. The quiz begins by asking about parallel lines, with the correct answer being that they are always the same distance apart for their entire length. It then moves on to identify a pentagon as a polygon with five sides and five angles. Understanding the concept of perpendicular lines is also tested, with the correct answer being two lines that intersect at right angles to each other.

Further questions delve into rotational symmetry, asking what a half turn is, which is equivalent to two right angles. Students are also asked to define a vertical line, which is correctly described as a line that goes up and down. The quiz continues to challenge students with a description of a rhombus, a 2D shape with four straight, equal sides and angles that differ in size. The nature of an angle is explained as a measure of a turn, measured in degrees. A decagon is identified as a 10-sided shape, and a trapezium is described as a 4-sided shape with one pair of parallel sides. Finally, the properties of a parallelogram are highlighted as having two pairs of parallel sides.