Angles Using Chords Secants Tangents

Which answer below is a chord in the circle?

Which line is a secant?

Using the circle with center O, identify a secant.

• MN

• EC

• OC

• DF

A tangent intersects a circle:

• at only one point

• at two points

• at many points

• at the center

What is the definition of a tangent?

• A line that intersects the circle on two points.

• A line that passes through the center of the circle.

• A line segment that passes through the center of the circle.

• A line that intersects the circle on only one point.

Name a secant of the circle.

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

• Radius

• Diameter

• Secant

• Chord

A line that passes through a circle

• Secant

• Tangent

• Chord

• Radius

Name a tangent.

• Segment XC

• Segment LM

• Segment HJ

• LINE BD

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

• tangent

• secant

• chord

• radius