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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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