Diameter, Chord, Radius Vocab

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

• diameter

• radius

• secant

• tangent

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

• tangent

• secant

• diameter

• radius

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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Which line segment is the diameter?

Q1. What is the line that touches a curve at a single point called?

• A) secant

• B) chord

• C) tangent line

• D) diameter

A segment whose endpoints are on the circle that passes through the center of the circle

• radius

• circumference

• diameter

• chord

Name a chord.

• Segment XC

• Segment KM

• Segment FG

• LINE BD

Name a Diameter.

• DE

• GA

• CB

• AB

The line segment between the center and a point on the circle

• Radius

• Diamter

• Chord

• Tangnet

• A chord
• A secant
• A sector
• A tangent