Circle Vocab

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

• tangent
• secant
• diameter
• radius

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.2

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

• diameter
• radius
• secant
• tangent

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.2

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

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.2

CCSS.HSG.C.A.4

A line that passes through the circle.

• chord
• radius
• secant
• tangent

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.2

What is the name for the distance around a circle?

• Diameter
• Radius
• Circumference
• Chord

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CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1

CCSS.HSG.GMD.A.1

An arc is a smaller piece of the...

• Chord
• Center
• Circumference
• Radius

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.2

CCSS.HSG.C.A.3

CCSS.HSG.C.B.5

Which line segment is the diameter?

• $\overline{DE}$

• $\overline{BA}$

• $\overline{BC}$

• $\overline{DC}$

What line segments are radi?

• $\overline{DE}$ and $\overline{BC}$

• $\overline{BC}$

• $\overline{BC}$ , $\overline{BA}$ and $\overline{BD}$

• $\overline{BE}$ , $\overline{DC}\ \$ and $\overline{AD}$

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.2

Name a secant.

• BD

• DG

• HF

• AF