Unit 7 Vocabulary Words

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Prism

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A solid geometric figure with two identical ends and flat sides. The sides are parallelograms, and the ends are parallel and congruent polygons.

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Base

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The surface a solid object stands on, or the bottom part of a shape. In geometry, it can also refer to one of the two parallel faces of a prism.

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Cross Section

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The intersection of a solid and a plane. It is the shape you get when you cut straight through an object.

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Volume

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The amount of space that a substance or object occupies, or that is enclosed within a container, especially when great. In geometry, it is measured in cubic units.

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Pyramid

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A solid object with a polygonal base and triangular faces that meet at a point (the apex). The base can be any polygon, and the sides are triangles.