Chords, Tangents, Secants of Circle

A line segment on the interior of a circle with endpoints on the circle

• Radius

• Diameter

• Secant

• Chord

A line segment connecting any two points on a circle is called a _____________. 

• diameter

• chord

• radius

• circumference 

A line  that intersects a circle at exactly one point is a ____________.

• tangent

• secant

• chord

• radius

What is true about chords?

• Their end points are on the circle

• They go though the circle

• They touch the circle at one point

• They always go through the center point

• Secant

• Tangent

• Chord

• Point of Tangency

Using the circle with center O, identify a secant.

• MN

• EC

• OC

• DF

What best describes segment AB?

• chord

• secant

• tangent

• diameter

Which one is a secant?

• segment MP

• segment DC

• line DC

• segment NA

is a...

• Secant

• Tangent

• Chord

• Point of Tangency

Name a secant.

• BD

• DG

• HF

• AF