Conics Review

Conic Section - The intersection of a plane and a ____.

• double-napped cone

• cylinder

• sphere

• cube

Circle - The set of all points in a plane equidistant from a ____.

• fixed point

• line

• curve

• vertex

The fixed point in a circle that all points are equidistant from.

• center

• radius

• diameter

• circumference

Radius - The distance between the center and any point on a ____.

• circle

• square

• triangle

• rectangle

The fixed line all points on a parabola are equidistant from.

• directrix

• vertex

• focus

• axis

The fixed point that all points on a parabola are equidistant from.

• focus

• vertex

• axis

• directrix

Axis of Symmetry - Line that passes through the vertex and focus of a ____.

Ellipse - The set of all points in a plane, the _____ of whose distances from two distinct points is constant.

The axis on which the vertices of an ellipse lie on.

• Conjugate Axis

• Major Axis

• Minor Axis

• Transverse Axis

The axis on which the covertices of a hyperbola lie on.

• Conjugate Axis

• Major Axis

• Minor Axis

• Transverse Axis