Chapter 8 Vocabulary

The measure of space occupied by a solid.

• surface area

• area

• volume

• perimeter

A three-dimensional figure with two parallel congruent circular bases connected by a curved surface.

• circle

• cylinder

• pyramid

A three-dimensional figure with one circular bases connected by a curved surface to a single vertex.

• pyramid

• cone

• cylinder

A set of all points in space that are a given distance from a given point.

• sphere

• cone

• cylinder

• pyramid

A three-dimensional figure with faces that are polygons.

• polyhedron

• pyramid

• cone

• sphere

Objects made up of more than one type of solid.

• composite solid

• compound shape

• polyhedron

Two congruent halves formed by a sphere.

• hemisphere

• sphere

• polyhedron

• polygon

A two-dimensional pattern of a three-dimensional figure.

• net

• polyhedron

• cone

• linear

Solids that have exactly the same shape but not necessarily the same size.

• similar solids

• composite solids

• similar polygons