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GEOMETRIC CONSTRUCTIONS STUDY GUIDE Before drawing any circle, what must you draw first?

u draw first? (center lines) What is a partial circle called? (arc) The _________ measures from the center point of a circle to any point on the outside of the circle. (radius) The ________ measures from one side of the circle through the center to the other side. (diameter) What is the name for a shape that has 3 sides? (triangle) 4 sides (2 sets equal) with equal angles? (rectangle) 4 equal sides with equal angles? (square) 5 sides? (pentagon) 6 sides? (hexagon) 8 sides? (octagon) What does it mean when I say two lines are perpendicular to each other? (they are at right angles, or 90 degrees to each other) What does it mean when I say circles are concentric? (they have the same center point) What does it mean when I say the line is tangent to the circle? (it touches it at only one point even if it were to extend on forever)

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