Exploring Parallel Lines and Transversals

What do we call two lines that are always the same distance apart and never meet?

• Parallel lines

• Intersecting lines

• Skew lines

• Perpendicular lines

What is the term for a line that cuts across two parallel lines?

• Altitude

• Median

• Transversal

• Bisector

What do we call the angles that are inside the parallel lines?

• Corresponding angles

• Exterior angles

• Interior angles

• Vertical angles

If angle 2 is 105 degrees, what is the measure of angle 5?

• 105 degrees

• 90 degrees

• 75 degrees

• 180 degrees

Which of the following pairs of angles are corresponding angles?

• Angle 3 and Angle 6

• Angle 2 and Angle 7

• Angle 1 and Angle 8

• Angle 4 and Angle 5

What do we call angles that are on opposite sides of the transversal but inside the parallel lines?

• Alternate exterior angles

• Vertical angles

• Alternate interior angles

• Corresponding angles

If angle 3 is 145 degrees, what is the measure of angle 5?

• 35 degrees

• 90 degrees

• 145 degrees

• 180 degrees

What is the sum of same side interior angles?

• 360 degrees

• 180 degrees

• 45 degrees

• 90 degrees

Which of the following pairs of angles are same side exterior angles?

• Angle 1 and Angle 2

• Angle 3 and Angle 4

• Angle 5 and Angle 6

• Angle 1 and Angle 7

What is the measure of angle 6 if angle 5 is 140 degrees?

• 180 degrees

• 40 degrees

• 140 degrees

• 90 degrees