Circle Terminology (Leaving Cert Mathematics): Quizzes
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What is a circle?
What is a circle?
Points equidistant from a fixed point
Which chord is the longest in a circle?
Which chord is the longest in a circle?
The diameter
How many points does a tangent touch on a circle?
How many points does a tangent touch on a circle?
Exactly one point
What is a chord?
What is a chord?
A segment joining two points on the circle
What encloses a sector?
What encloses a sector?
Two radii and the arc between them
What encloses a segment of a circle?
What encloses a segment of a circle?
A chord and the arc between its endpoints
What are the endpoints of a semicircle?
What are the endpoints of a semicircle?
The endpoints of a diameter
What do concentric circles share?
What do concentric circles share?
The same centre but different radii
What forms an inscribed angle?
What forms an inscribed angle?
Two chords sharing a common endpoint
Where is the vertex of a central angle?
Where is the vertex of a central angle?
At the centre of the circle
What is a minor arc?
What is a minor arc?
An arc smaller than a semicircle
What is a major arc?
What is a major arc?
An arc larger than a semicircle
What is the radius?
What is the radius?
A segment from centre to circumference
What does a circumcircle pass through?
What does a circumcircle pass through?
All the vertices of a polygon
What is an incircle?
What is an incircle?
A circle tangent to all sides of a polygon