Parallel Lines Vocabulary

Front

True or False: Parallel lines never intersect.

Back

True

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

Back

Alternate Interior Angles

Front

What is the definition of parallel lines?

Back

Lines in a plane that never intersect.

Front

What are corresponding angles?

Back

Angles that are in the same position at each intersection where a transversal crosses two lines.

Front

What are alternate exterior angles?

Back

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

Front

What are consecutive interior angles?

Back

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

Front

What is the relationship between alternate interior angles when two parallel lines are cut by a transversal?

Back

They are equal.

Front

What is the relationship between corresponding angles when two parallel lines are cut by a transversal?

Back

They are equal.