Lesson 3 Flashcards

Front

cube

Back

A rectangular prism in which each face of the prism is a square.

Front

edge

Back

A line segment where two faces meet in a three-dimensional shape.

Front

face

Back

A flat surface of a solid shape.

Front

net

Back

A flat, "unfolded" representation of a three-dimensional shape.

Front

prism

Back

A three-dimensional figure with two parallel bases that are the same size and shape. The other faces are parallelograms. A prism is named by the shape of the base.

Front

Right Prism

Back

A prism where each base is perpendicular to the other faces. In a right prism, the faces that are not bases are rectangles.

Front

Right Rectangular Prism

Back

A right prism where the bases and other faces are all rectangles.

Front

Surface area

Back

The sum of the areas of all the faces of a three-dimensional figure.

Front

Example of calculating the surface area of a cube

Back

Surface area calculation: 2(4)(5) + 2(4)(5) + 2(5)(5) = 130 units².