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.

[color=#cc0000][b]Questions:[/b][/color][br][br]1) Is a rhombus a parallelogram? Explain why or why not. [br]2) Are opposite sides of a rhombus congruent?[br]3) Are opposite angles of a rhombus congruent?[br]4) Do the diagonals of a rhombus bisect each other?[br]5) Does a diagonal of a rhombus bisect a pair of opposite angles?[br]6) Are the diagonals of a rhombus perpendicular?[br]7) Are the diagonals of a rhombus congruent?[br]8) Does either diagonal of a rhombus serve as a line of symmetry? If so, how many?