Geometry Vocabulary

A __________ is a tool used to create arcs and circles.

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vocabulary

The _______ of a circle is a line segment with one endpoint on the circle and one endpoint at the center.

An angle whose vertex is on a circle and whose sides contains chords of the circle is _______

• an inscribed angle

• a central angle

• an obtuse angle

• a semicircle

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.2

An angle whose vertex is the center of a circle is a(n) ______.

• inscribed angle

• acute angle

• obtuse angle

• central angle

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CCSS.HSG.C.A.2

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

• Semi-Circle

• Line PR

• Minor Arc

• Major Arc

• Secant Line

• Point V

• Point of Tangency

What is the part of the circle highlighted in red called?

• semi-circle arc

• major arc

• minor arc

• sector

What is this called?

• Chord

• Minor arc

• Secant

• Diameter

What is the green area called?

• sector

• segment

• arc

• section

The set of all points in a plane that are equidistant from a given point in that plane

• Center

• Circle

• Diameter

• Chord

• Secant

The set of all points in a plane that are given distance from a given point.

• circumference

• Circle

• semi circle

• tangent line