Circle Vocab Interactive

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

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.2

A line that touches a circle in just one point.

• tangent

• chord

• secant

• radius

Match the following vocabulary term with its appropriate part of the circle.

• Point of Tangency

• Line PR

• Major Arc

• Point V

• Semi-Circle

• Secant Line

• Minor Arc

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?

Name a secant.

• BD

• DG

• HF

• AF