Copy of Rhombus Template (Scaffolded Discovery)
The applet below contains a quadrilateral that ALWAYS remains a rhombus.
The purpose of this applet is to help you understand many of the geometric properties a rhombus has. The questions you need to answer are displayed below this applet.
Is a rhombus a parallelogram? Explain why or why not.
Are opposite sides of a rhombus congruent? What about the angles?
Do the diagonals of a rhombus bisect each other?
Does a diagonal of a rhombus bisect a pair of opposite angles?
Are the diagonals of a rhombus perpendicular?
Are the diagonals of a rhombus congruent?
Does either diagonal of a rhombus serve as a line of symmetry?