Identifying Segments of Circle Parts

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

• Secant
• Tangent
• point of tangency
• Chord

Tags

CCSS.HSG.C.A.2

A _____ is a line in the same plane as a circle that intersects it at exactly one point. 

• Tangent
• Chord
• Secant
• Point of Tangency

A____ is a line that intersects a circle at two points.

• Chord
• Secant
• Tangent
• radius

Name the secant(s).

• segment WR

• line VT

• line s

• segment WR and line VT

Name the tangent line.

• line s

• line WR

• line VT

• line QR

Name the chord(s).

• segment VT

• segment WR

• segments VT and WR

• line s

Name a chord.

• Segment XC

• Segment KM

• Segment HJ

• Line BD

Which best describes segment AB?

• chord

• secant

• tangent

• diameter

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

• diameter

• chord

• radius

• secant

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

• tangent

• chord

• diameter

• secant

Tags

CCSS.HSG.C.A.2