Circle Flashcards
1
Q
What is a Circle?
A
- a collection of points which are equidistance from a fixed point
2
Q
What is the Circumference?
A
- the distance around the outside of the circle
3
Q
What is the Radius?
A
- the distance from the center to any part on the circumference
4
Q
What is the Diameter?
A
- a line that goes through the center and touches two ends of the circumference
5
Q
What is the Arc?
A
- any part on the circumference
6
Q
What is the Segment?
A
- any part of the circle bound by an arc and a chord
7
Q
What is a Chord?
A
- any line drawn to touch two parts of the circumference
8
Q
What is the Tangent?
A
- a line drawn at right angles and touches the circumference
9
Q
What is a Sector?
A
- any part of a circle that is bound by an arc and two radii
10
Q
What is a Quadrant?
A
- any part of a circle bound at right angles by two radii and an arc
11
Q
What are Concentric Circles?
A
- circles with the same center but different radii
12
Q
What are Eccentric Circles?
A
- circles with different centers
