Basic Segments Tangents Chords and Secants

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

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

Which is true

• All radii are chords

• All chords are Diameters

• All diameters are chords

• All tangents are chords

What is true about tangents?

• 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 true about secants?

• 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 AB?

• diameter

• center

• circumference

• radius

Name a chord.

• Segment XC

• Segment LM

• Segment HJ

• LINE BD