1-2: Points, Lines, and

Planes
Basic Geometry Terms
Undefined Terms

 Definition of words
 Consist of other words
 How do you define the first word?

 Philosophy Class?
 Every end has a start
 Every effect has a cause

 Geometry undefined terms

 Point, line, and plane
 Used to build the definitions of other figures
Undefined Terms
 Point – indicates a location and has no size

 Line – represented by a straight path that

extends in two opposite directions without end
and has no thickness. A line contains infinitely
many points.

 Plane – represented by a flat surface that

extends without end and has no thickness. A
plane contains infinitely many lines.
Undefined Terms

 Collinear Points – points that lie on the same line

 Coplanar – when points and/or lines lie on the same plane

Defined Terms

 Segment – part of a line that consists of two endpoints and all points between
them.

 Ray – part of a line that consists of one endpoint and all the points of the line
on one side of the endpoint

 Opposite rays – two rays that share the same endpoint and form a line
Example
Y
 Use the diagram to answer each question.

- Name two coplanar lines.

- Name three non-collinear points. V

X

- Name the plane two different ways. W

- Name a pair of opposite rays.

Take Home Message

 Undefined terms are used as building blocks of Geometry (and Math)

 Geometry will have a lot of vocabulary words

 The concepts will give us algebraic equations

 Geometry will enhance our artistic abilities

1.2 Continued

 Postulate – accepted statement of fact

 Like undefined terms, used as building blocks of the logical system in geometry
 Also known as axioms

 Postulate 1.1- through any two points, there is exactly one line

 Postulate 1.2- if two distinct lines intersect, then they intersect in exactly
one point.
1.2 Continued

 Postulate 1.3- if two distinct planes intersect, then they intersect in exactly
one line
1.2 Continued

 Postulate 1.4 – through any three noncollinear points, there is exactly one
plane
Example
A B

 Where does Plane ABCD intersect

Plane ACEG? D
C

 What plane contains the points E F

C, D, and B?
G H

 What plane contains the points

E, F, and C?
Take Home Message

 Postulates are assumed to be true

 No formal proof

 Relationship between dimensions

 A point is the intersection of two lines
 A line is the intersection of two planes
 A plane is the intersection of 3D figures