LT A-E: Circle Vocabulary

A segment that connects the center of a circle with a point on the circle.

• tangent

• secant

• diameter

• radius

A segment connecting two points on a circle that passes through the center.

• diameter

• radius

• secant

• tangent

A segment that connects two points on a circle; may or may not pass through the center of the circle.

• tangent

• secant

• chord

• diameter

A line that touches a circle in just one point.

• tangent

• chord

• secant

• radius

A line that passes through the circle.

• chord

• radius

• secant

• tangent

What is the name for the distance around a circle?

• Diameter

• Radius

• Circumference

• Chord

An arc is a smaller piece of the...

• Chord

• Center

• Circumference

• Radius

Which line segment is the diameter?

What line segments are radi?

Name a secant.

• BD

• DG

• HF

• AF