Vocabulary Triangles and the Pythagorean Theorem

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Across
  1. 6. Two lines that never intersect are called ____________________.
  2. 8. When two lines are crossed by another line (which is called the Transversal), the angles in matching corners are called ______________________.
  3. 9. ________angles of a polygon are formed by two adjacent sides.
  4. 10. The pairs of angles on opposite sides of the transversal but outside the two lines are called ______________________.
  5. 11. The __________ of the Pythagorean Theorem says that if a triangle has sides of length a, b, and c and if a2+b2=c2 then the angle opposite the side of length c is a right angle.
  6. 12. A ________ is formed by three line segments that intersect only at their endpoints.
  7. 13. The _________________states the sum of the squares of the lengths of the legs of a right triangle is equal to the square of the length of the hypotenuse.
Down
  1. 1. _________________ are just the two angles that are inside the triangle and opposite from the exterior angle.
  2. 2. An _____________ of a triangle is equal to the sum of the opposite interior angles.
  3. 3. The pairs of angles on opposite sides of the transversal but inside the two lines are called ______________________.
  4. 4. A ______________ is a line that passes through two lines in the same plane at two distinct points.
  5. 5. lines ______________ are two lines in a plane that intersect and form right angles.
  6. 7. _________ are the sides that form the right angle in a right triangle.
  7. 14. The hypotenuse is the side ________ to the right angle.