Exploring Parallel Lines and Transversal Vocabulary

What is a transversal?

• A line that is parallel to another line

• A line that intersects two parallel lines

• A line that intersects only one parallel line

• A line that forms a right angle

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CCSS.4.G.A.1

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1

Which of the following pairs are vertical angles?

• Angle 1 and Angle 2

• Angle 5 and Angle 6

• Angle 4 and Angle 1

• Angle 3 and Angle 4

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CCSS.7.G.B.5

Which of the following pairs are linear pairs?

• Angle 1 and Angle 3

• Angle 5 and Angle 8

• Angle 2 and Angle 4

• Angle 4 and Angle 1

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CCSS.7.G.B.5

What are alternate interior angles?

• Angles on the same side of the transversal and inside the parallel lines

• Angles on opposite sides of the transversal and inside the parallel lines

• Angles on opposite sides of the transversal and outside the parallel lines

• Angles on the same side of the transversal and outside the parallel lines

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CCSS.8.G.A.5

Which of the following pairs are alternate exterior angles?

• Angle 2 and Angle 3

• Angle 4 and Angle 5

• Angle 3 and Angle 7

• Angle 2 and Angle 8

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CCSS.8.G.A.5

What are same side interior angles?

• Angles on the same side of the transversal and outside the parallel lines

• Angles on opposite sides of the transversal and outside the parallel lines

• Angles on opposite sides of the transversal and inside the parallel lines

• Angles on the same side of the transversal and inside the parallel lines

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CCSS.8.G.A.5

Which of the following pairs are same side exterior angles?

• Angle 1 and Angle 4

• Angle 2 and Angle 6

• Angle 4 and Angle 5

• Angle 3 and Angle 7

What are corresponding angles?

• Angles located in similar places relative to the intersections

• Angles on the same side of the transversal and outside the parallel lines

• Angles on opposite sides of the transversal and inside the parallel lines

• Angles on the same side of the transversal and inside the parallel lines

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CCSS.8.G.A.5

Which of the following pairs are corresponding angles?

• Angle 1 and Angle 2

• Angle 2 and Angle 5

• Angle 3 and Angle 4

• Angle 5 and Angle 6

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CCSS.8.G.A.5

Which of the following pairs are supplementary?

• Angle 4 and Angle 6

• Angle 2 and Angle 3

• Angle 7 and Angle 8

• Angle 1 and Angle 5

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CCSS.7.G.B.5