Angle Vocabulary

Intersecting Lines: lines that ________

cross point
at exactly one __________..

90 degree
Perpendicular: lines, segments, rays that form __________ angles.

vertex
Angle: the space between two intersecting lines or rays that have a common _____________.

   

Vertex: a __________
point where two or more straight lines meet.

Vertical angles: nonadjacent angles that are congruent and are formed by two _________
intersecting lines.

"Across from eachother"

vertex
Adjacent angles: two angles that have a common _______ side
and a common _______ .
adjacent angles are angles that are next to eachother
Congruent angles: angles are congruent when they have the ___________
same size in degrees.

less
Acute Angle: angle that measures __________ than 90°.

Right Angle: angle that measures __________

exactly 90°.

Obtuse Angle: angle that measures __________

more than 90°.

exactly
Straight Angle: angle that measures __________ 180°.

Complementary angles: two angles with measures that have a sum of _____.°.
90

180
Supplementary angles: two angles with measures that have a sum of _____.°.
Naming Angles
▪ Using three points: We can name an angle by using a point on each ray and the vertex.
**The vertex is always placed in the middle!!!!

This angle is _______________

ABC or _______________.
CBA

▪ Using one point: A number (without a degree symbol) and/or the vertex letter can be used to
name or label an angle.

This angle can be labeled as __________

e or ____________.
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