By Julia Nordstrom Santa Paula CA Barbara Webster Elementary School

An exact position or location

LINE: A straight path extending in both directions with no

endpoints

LINE SEGMENT: A part of a line that includes two

points, called endpoints, and all the points between them

RAY: A part of a line, with one endpoint, that continues

without end in one direction

INTERSECTING LINES: Lines that cross

PARALLEL LINES: Lines that never cross and are always the same distance apart

Perpendicular Lines

Two lines that intersect to form four right angles

Ray

Parallel Lines

Intersecting Lines Line Segment Line

The figure formed when two rays share the same endpoint

Right Angle:
An angle that forms a square corner

Acute Angle:
An angle less than a right angle

Obtuse Angle:
An angle greater than a right angle

Not! Right Angle

Not!

Not! Right Angle Not!

Obtuse Greater Right Angle

Acute Less

Acute Less

Right Angle

Obtuse Greater

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