Conic Sections Review

What is a line that remain fixed in the conic section?

• GENERATOR

• AXIS

• VERTEX

• CONIC SECTION

The straight line which runs from the apex of the cone to the base

• VERTEX ANGLE

• GENERATOR

• DOUBLE RIGHT CIRCULAR CONE

• THE NAPPE

What is the sidewise surface of a circular cone?

• ELLIPSE

• AXIS

• THE NAPPE

• PARABOLA

What do you call the perimeter of the base?

• DIRENTRIX

• NAPPE

• AXIS

• HYPERBOLA

What is the fixed point that joined two cones in a double right circular cone called?

• ELLIPSE

• AXIS

• GENERATOR

• VERTEX

A surface is formed when a straight line intersects a vertical line at a fixed point and rotates about that fixed point. What would be the term for what you have obtained?

• CIRCLE

• DOUBLE RIGHT CIRCULAR CONE

• CONIC SECTIONS

• PARABOLAS

What kind of line does a right circular cone have in its axis?

• A HORIZONTAL LINE

• VERTICAL LINE

• A PERPENDICULAR LINE

• A INFINITE LINE

A symmetrical open curve formed by the intersection of the vertical axis with a plane at a smaller angle with its vertex axis are called?

• HYPERBOLA

• PARABOLA

• CIRCLE

• ELLIPSE

It is the angle between the generator and the axis..

• THE RIGHT ANGLE

• THE OBTUSE ANGLE

• THE VERTEX ANGLE

• THE ACUTE ANGLE

What do you call if the plane intersects the double right circular cone at its vertex: the ellipse becomes a point, the parabola becomes a line and the hyperbola becomes two intersecting lines?

• THE VERTEX ANGLE

• TRANSFORMATION

• DEGENERATE CONICS

• CONIC SECTION