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Conic Sections Review

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a line that remain fixed in the conic section?

a)

GENERATOR

b)

AXIS

c)

VERTEX

d)

CONIC SECTION

2.

The straight line which runs from the apex of the cone to the base

a)

VERTEX ANGLE

b)

GENERATOR

c)

DOUBLE RIGHT CIRCULAR CONE

d)

THE NAPPE

3.

What is the sidewise surface of a circular cone?

a)

ELLIPSE

b)

AXIS

c)

THE NAPPE

d)

PARABOLA

4.

What do you call the perimeter of the base?

a)

DIRENTRIX

b)

NAPPE

c)

AXIS

d)

HYPERBOLA

5.

What is the fixed point that joined two cones in a double right circular cone called?

a)

ELLIPSE

b)

AXIS

c)

GENERATOR

d)

VERTEX

6.

A surface is formed when a straight line intersects a vertical line at a fixed point and rotates about that fixed point. What would be the term for what you have obtained?

a)

CIRCLE

b)

DOUBLE RIGHT CIRCULAR CONE

c)

CONIC SECTIONS

d)

PARABOLAS

7.

What kind of line does a right circular cone have in its axis?

a)

A HORIZONTAL LINE

b)

VERTICAL LINE

c)

A PERPENDICULAR LINE

d)

A INFINITE LINE

8.

A symmetrical open curve formed by the intersection of the vertical axis with a plane at a smaller angle with its vertex axis are called?

a)

HYPERBOLA

b)

PARABOLA

c)

CIRCLE

d)

ELLIPSE

9.

It is the angle between the generator and the axis..

a)

THE RIGHT ANGLE

b)

THE OBTUSE ANGLE

c)

THE VERTEX ANGLE

d)

THE ACUTE ANGLE

10.

What do you call if the plane intersects the double right circular cone at its vertex: the ellipse becomes a point, the parabola becomes a line and the hyperbola becomes two intersecting lines?

a)

THE VERTEX ANGLE

b)

TRANSFORMATION

c)

DEGENERATE CONICS

d)

CONIC SECTION

11.

It is a curve obtained as the double right circular cone intersects with a plane?

a)

CONIC SECTIONS

b)

PARABOLA

c)

DOUBLE RIGHT CIRCULAR CONE

d)

A CIRCLE

12.

What has A CIRCULAR BASE, and it’s AXIS is always perpendicular line from the center of the base to the VERTEX

a)

THE VERTEX ANGLE

b)

DIRENTRIX

c)

A DOUBLE RIGHT CIRCULAR CONE

d)

A RIGHT CIRCULAR CONE

13.

What can you get if an angle made by the plane to the vertical axis is exactly equal to the vertex angle (a=b)?

a)

CIRCLE

b)

ELLIPSE

c)

PARABOLA

d)

HYPERBOLA

14.

THE FOUR TYPES OF CONIC SECTIONs are: ELLIPSE, PARABOLA, AND HYPERBOLA AND CIRCLE... TRUE OR FALSE?

a)

FALSE

b)

TRUE

15.

How can you tell the difference between an ellipse and a circle?

a)

If the ellipse open curved shape is a line

b)

If the ellipse is close to the circle

c)

If the circle closed curved shape is flat

d)

If the circle is infinite line

16.

A curve called a Conic Section is made if the Plane Intersect a Double Left circular cone and gets three-dimensional curves of different types??

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

17.

HYPERBOLA HAS HOW MANY DISJOINT CURVES??

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

18.

If the plane intersects the double right circular cone at its VERTEX

THE ELLIPSE becomes a ____?

a)

POINT

b)

LINE

c)

TWO INTERSECTING LINES

d)

CIRCLE

19.

If the plane intersects the double right circular cone at its VERTEX:

THE PARABOLA BECOMES A ____??

a)

POINTS

b)

TWO INTERSECTING LINES

c)

LINE

d)

TRIANGLE

20.

If the plane intersects the double right circular cone at its VERTEX:

THE HYPERBOLA BECOMES A _____??

a)

INFINITE LINE

b)

POINT

c)

LINES

d)

TWO INTERSECTING LINES

21.

When the plane is perpendicular to the axis the ellipse become a ___

a)

LINE

b)

CIRCLE

c)

POINT

d)

TRIANGLE

22.

A CIRCLE IS A SPECIAL TYPE OF?

a)

CIRCLE

b)

PARABOLA

c)

ELLIPSE

d)

HYPERBOLA

23.

THE TWO TYPES OF NAPPE: THE UPPER NAPPE AND LOWER NAPPE

TRUE OR FALSE?

a)

FALSE

b)

TRUE

24.

    Depending on the angle made by the plane with the vertical axis of the cone, the plane can cut the cone in HOW MANY WAYS?

a)

ONE

b)

TWO

c)

THREE

d)

FOUR

25.

The plane intersects TWO NAPPES of the double right circular cone as long as the angle between the plane and the vertical axis is GREATER THAN OR EQUAL to the vertex angle.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE