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geometry vocabulary words

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The size a surface takes up measured in square units   Area  
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Amount of a space occupied by a 3D object measured in cubic units   Volume  
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A flat shape which can be folded up into a 3D solid   Net  
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Total area of the surface of a 3D object measured in square units   Surface area  
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A point where: two or more rays or arms of an angle meet, the adjacent sides of a polygon meet or the edges of a solid figure meet; point at the top of a cone pyramid   Vertex  
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A solid shape with a polygon as a base and triangular faces that taper to a point (vertex or apex)   Triangular pyramid  
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A polyhedron, a prism with two identical triangular bases   Triangular prism  
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A plane containing two perpendicular axes (x&y) intersecting at a point called the origin (0.0) position denoted using pairs of coordinates .eg (2,4)   Coordinate plane  
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A quadrilateral with opposite sides that are parallel and of equal length & opposite angles that are equal   Parallelogram  
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A method of subtraction   Decomposition  
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A parallelogram with four equal sides and equal opposite angles   Rhombus  
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A polygon with four sides   Quadrilateral  
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A solid shape with a rectangle as a base and triangular faces that taper a tower   Rectangular pyramid  
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a polyhedron- a prism with two identical rectangular bases   Rectangular prism  
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