Angles Vocabulary

A set of complementary angles...

• sum equals $180\degree$ .

• are considered opposite angles.

• are adjacent angles.

• sum equals $90\degree$ .

Tags

CCSS.7.G.B.5

Alternate interior angles are...

• angles that are next to each other in the interior of parallel lines.

• angles that are on the outside of the parallel lines.

• interior angles found on opposite sides of the transversal.

• exterior angles found on opposite sides of the transversal.

Tags

CCSS.8.G.A.5

Vertical angles occur...

• when two lines intersect, they form two pairs of “opposite” angles

• when two angles in a plane have the same vertex, share a common side, and do not overlap.

• when the sum of the measures of two angles are 90 degrees.

• when the angles are one on top of another.

Tags

CCSS.7.G.B.5

Congruent angles do not...

• have different angle measures.

• have the same angle measures.

• exist.

Tags

CCSS.8.G.A.2

Adjacent angles are...

• "opposite” angles

• two angles in a plane have the same vertex, share a common side, and do not overlap.

• nonadjacent exterior angles found on opposite sides of the transversal.

• angles that have the same position on two different parallel lines cut by a transversal.

Tags

CCSS.7.G.B.5

Angles are considered supplementary if...

• they are adjacent.

• they have the same angle measures.

• the sum of the measures of two angles are 180°.

• the sum of the measures of two angles are 90°.

Tags

CCSS.7.G.B.5

Nonadjacent exterior angles found on opposite sides of the transversal are called...

• corresponding angles.

• adjacent angles.

• alternate exterior angles.

• alternate interior angles.

Tags

CCSS.8.G.A.5

Angles that have the same position on two different parallel lines cut by a transversal are called...

• alternate interior angles.

• corresponding angles.

• adjacent angles.

• complementary angles.

Tags

CCSS.8.G.A.5

A transversal line...

• is a line that is apart of a set of parallel lines.

• is a line that cuts through a set of parallel lines.

Tags

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1

CCSS.4.G.A.1

Parallel lines...

• have a meeting point.

• never touch.

• do not exist.

• are the same as perpendicular lines.

Tags

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1