The following figures are examples of the given term. Then there are examples that are not the given term. Look at the two sets of figures closely then see if you can come up with a definition on your own for the term.
1. Term: Diameter
segments AD, BE,
and CF are diameters
segments AC, BH,
EF, and DG are not diameters
Define diameter in your own words based on the examples above:________________________
2. Term: Chord
segments AB, CF, and DE are chords
segments GH, IJ,
and KM are not chords
Define chord in your own words based on the examples above:________________________
3. Term: Secant
lines j, k, and l are secants
lines l and m, and
segment BC are not secants
Define secant in your own words based on the examples above:________________________
4. Term: Tangent
lines j and k are tangent
line m, segment AB, and ray CD are not
tangent
Define tangent in your own words based on the examples above:________________________
5. Term: Inscribed Angle
angles ABC and DEF
are inscribed angles
angles GHI, JKL,
and MNO are not inscribed angles
Define inscribed angles in your own words based on the examples above:_________________
6. Term: Central Angle
angles AEB, BEC,
CED, AED, BED, and AEC are central angles
angles FGH, JIH,
GHI, LGK, FGK, and FGL are not central angles
Define central angles in your own words based on the examples above:_________________
Figure 1
7. Name three chords
8. Name five central angles
9. Name one diameter
10. Name five minor arcs
11. Name five radii
12. Name two inscribed angles
13. Name two semicircles
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A. chord
B. diameter
C. tangent