Circle Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• radians : a way to measure angles and arcs that is based on arc length. the ratio of arc length to the radius of a circle.
• arc : a portion of a circle defined by two endpoints
• major : _ arc-the longest arc connecting two endpoints on a circle
• adjacent : _ arcs-arcs in a circle that have exactly one point in common
• inscribed : an angle or shape that is inside a circle and has all vertices on the circle is said to be _
• common : _ tangent-a line, ray, or segment that is tangent to two circles in the same plane
• point of tangency : the place where a tangent intersects a circle (3 words)
• arc length : the distance between endpoints of an arc measured in linear units (2 words)
• circumscribed : a circle that is around a polygon and has all vertices of the polygon on the circle is said to be _
• central : _ angle-an angle with a vertex in the center of a circle
• semicircle : an arc with endpoints on the diameter & measures 180 degrees
• minor : _ arc-the shortest arc connecting two endpoints on a circle
• pi : the ratio of circumference to diameter
• diameter : a chord that passes through the center of a circle
• congruent : _ arcs-arcs in the same circle/congruent circles that have the same measure
• radius : a segment with endpoints at the center and on the circle
• concentric : _ circles-coplanar circles that have the same center
• intercepted : _ arcs-an arc that has endpoints on the sides of an inscribed angle and lies in the interior of the inscribed angle
• circumference : the distance around a circle
• secant : a line that intersects a circle at exactly two points
• chord : a segment with endpoints on the circle
• bisected : when something has been divided into two congruent parts it has been _
• circle : a locus or set of points in a plane equidistance from a given point
• tangent : a line in the same plane as a circle that intersects the circle at exactly one point