Circle Chords Secants and Tangents Line Segments

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

What is in the picture?

• Two Secants

• Two Chords

• One Secant and One Tangent

• Two Tangents

What is line PT?

• chord

• secant

• point of tangency

• tangent

Using the circle with center O, identify a secant.

• MN

• EC

• OC

• DF

What best describes segment AB?

• chord

• secant

• tangent

• diameter

• Secant

• Tangent

• Chord

• Point of Tangency

Find the measure of angle MNQ.

• 89

• 158

• 91

• 22