Module 5 Vocab

The corner of a three-dimensional object

• Edge

• Vertex

• Face

• Base

Lines that are the same distance apart and will never touch

• Perpendicular

• Parallel

• Vertex

• Angle

A shape that has exactly 4 sides and exactly 4 angles

• Triangle

• Cube

• Quadrilateral

• Rectangular prism

A shape that has two pairs of equal parallel sides

• Parallelogram

• Trapezoid

• Cube

• Pyramid

3D shape with two triangular bases

• Rectangular prism

• Triangular prism

• Pyramid

• Cube

A polygon with exactly three sides

• Triangle

• Quadrilateral

• Trapezoid

• Triangular prism

The amount of space taken up inside of a two-dimensional surface; measured in square units

• Perimeter

• Volume

• Area

• Parallel

A three-dimensional figure that has one base and triangular faces that meet at a vertex

• Pyramid

• Triangular prism

• Cube

• Prism

Two rays/segments that meet at common endpoints

• Angle

• Parallel

• Perpendicular

• Prism

Distance from a vertex to the opposite side of a triangle; creates a right angle with the opposite side; also known as height

• Altitude

• Base

• Perimeter

• Length