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Topic 12
Geometry
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| solid figure | a figure that is filled in and has length, width, and height (3 dimensional) solid figures: cube, rectangular prism, cone, cylinder, pyramid, sphere |
| edge | the place where two flat surfaces of a solid figure meet |
| face | the flat surface of a solid figure |
| flat surface | a plane flat surface with no depth |
| vertex | a point where two sides or three or more edges meet vertices = more than one vertex |
| plane shape | a flat 2-dimensional figure plane shapes = square, rectangle, triangle, circle |
| rectangle | a plane shape with two sets of opposite sides that are the same length |
| square | a plane shape with all four sides the same length |
| triangle | a plane shape with three sides |
| polygon | a plane shape with three or more sides |
| hexagon | a plane shape that has six sides |
| parallelogram | a plane shape that has four sides the opposite sides are parallel |
| parallel lines | two lines that never cross or meet |
| side | a line segment that makes one part of a plane shape |
| quadrilateral | all polygons that have four sides square, rectangle, trapezoid, parallelogram |
| angle | two rays with the same end point; that endpoint is the vertex of the angle |
| pentagon | a polygon with five sides |
| row | a horizontal line of objects; line that goes from left to right |
| column | a vertical line of objects; line that goes from top to bottom |
| equal | to have the same amount, size, number, or value |
| halves | when one whole is divided into two equal parts |
| fourths | when one whole is divided into four equal parts |
| thirds | when one whole is divided into three equal parts |
| unequal | parts that are not equal |