Surface Area Vocab. (Unit 1 - Accel.)

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Face

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A flat surface on a 3D shape.

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Surface Area

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The total area of all the faces of a 3D shape.

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Base

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The bottom face of a 3D shape, often used as a reference for measurement.

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Net

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A two-dimensional pattern that can be folded to form a 3D shape.

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Polyhedron

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A 3D shape with flat polygonal faces, straight edges, and vertices.

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Prism

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A polyhedron with two parallel, congruent bases connected by rectangular faces.

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Pyramid

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A polyhedron with a polygonal base and triangular faces that meet at a common point.