Properties and Equations of Conic Sections

What shape is formed when a plane cuts parallel to the base of a cone?

• Ellipse

• Circle

• Hyperbola

• Parabola

Which conic section is formed by cutting a cone with a plane at an angle to the base?

• Circle

• Ellipse

• Square

• Rectangle

Which conic section is formed when a plane cuts through both nappes of a cone?

• Parabola

• Circle

• Hyperbola

• Ellipse

• Parabola

• Circle

• Ellipse

• Hyperbola

If both variables are squared and the coefficients of the squared terms are equal, what conic section is represented?

• Circle

• Ellipse

• Hyperbola

• Parabola

• Ellipse

• Circle

• Parabola

• Hyperbola

What is the conic section if the squared terms are on the same side of the equation and one of them is negative?

• Hyperbola

• Circle

• Ellipse

• Parabola

• Parabola

• Circle

• Ellipse

• Hyperbola

What is the standard form of a circle's equation?

Which conic section is described by the difference of two squared terms?

• Hyperbola

• Circle

• Ellipse

• Parabola