Parallel Lines Vocabulary

Front

What is the name of the angle formed on opposite sides of the transversal and inside of the parallel lines?

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Alternate Interior Angles

Front

What is the sum of the interior angles of a pair of parallel lines?

Back

180 degrees

Front

What is the name of the angle formed when a transversal intersects two parallel lines on opposite sides?

Back

Alternate Exterior Angle

Front

What is the name of the angle formed when a transversal intersects two parallel lines on the same side and 1 angle inside and 1 angle outside the parallel lines?

Back

Corresponding Angle

Front

What is the definition of transversal?

Back

A transversal is a line that intersects two or more other lines at distinct points.

Front

What are corresponding angles?

Back

Angles that are in the same position on two parallel lines in relation to a transversal.

Front

What are alternate exterior angles?

Back

Angles that are on opposite sides of the transversal and outside the parallel lines.

Front

What are consecutive interior angles?

Back

Angles that are on the same side of the transversal and inside the parallel lines.

Front

What is the relationship between alternate interior angles?

Back

They are equal when the lines are parallel.

Front

What is the relationship between corresponding angles?

Back

They are equal when the lines are parallel.