Geometry Circles Vocabulary

What is line segment DE an example of?

• circle

• radius

• diameter

• chord

• circumference

Line segment OC is an example of what?

• circle

• radius

• chord

• diameter

• circumference

A line that touches (intersects) the circle only once from the outside.

• Secant

• Chord

• Tangent

• Line

This is a picture of ___________.

• Minor Arc

• Major Arc

• Semi-Circle

• Central Angle

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

• Point V

• Point of Tangency

• Line PR

• Major Arc

• Minor Arc

• Secant Line

• Semi-Circle

What is this called?

• Circumference

• Minor Arc

• Major Arc

• Inscribed Angle

The place where the tangent line touches the circle is called the

• Point of Tangerine

• Point of Transparency

• Point of Tangency

• Point of Tennessee

A line segment that extends between any two unique points of a circle without going through the center

• circle

• diameter

• chord

• radius

• circumference

A chord that goes through the center of a circle.

• chord

• radius

• diameter

• circle

• circumference

segment from the center of a circle to any point on the circle.

• circle

• diameter

• radius

• circumference

• chord