Circle Basic Vocabulary

A segment that has one endpoint at the center and the other endpoint on the circle is the __________.

• diameter

• chord

• radius

• secant

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.2

A tangent line of a circle is...

• It's diameter
• It's radius
• It's circumference
• A line that touches the circle only once

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.2

CCSS.HSG.C.A.4

A chord is a segment that connects ___________

• the center to the endpoint
• to one point outside the circle
• a central angle
• 2 endpoints of a circle

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.2

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1

Which of the following names a diameter?

• segment AC
• segment DB
• segment AB
• segment BC

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CCSS.7.G.B.4

A chord that passes through the center of a circle

• radius
• secant
• major arc
• diameter

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.2

A tangent line of a circle is...

• It's diameter
• It's radius
• It's circumference
• A line that touches the circle only once

A segment whose endpoints lie on a circle is a _______.

• tangent
• chord
• diameter
• secant

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.2

CCSS.HSG.C.A.3

A line that intersects a circle at two points is a ______________.

• tangent
• secant
• diameter
• chord

What best describes segment AB?

• chord
• secant
• tangent
• diameter

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.2

CCSS.HSG.C.A.3

Which best describes line AB?

• chord
• secant
• tangent
• diameter

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.2