Math Vocabulary Geometry List 2

a two-dimensional figure that can be used to build a three-dimensional figure

• net

• prism

• volume

• lateral face

any face that is not a base

• net

• cubic units

• lateral face

• pyramid

one of the two parallel congruent faces of a prism

• triangular prism

• pyramid

• prism

• bases

the amount of space inside a three-dimensional figure, measured in cubic units

• volume

• pyramid

• rectangular prism

• triangular prism

a three-dimensional figure with at least three triangular sides that meet at a common vertex and only one base that is a polygon

• three-dimensional figure

• prism

• pyramid

• cubic units

a prism that has triangular bases

• base

• lateral face

• volume

• triangular prism

used to measure volume, tells the number of cubes of a given size it will take to fill a three-dimensional figure

• pyramid

• rectangular prism

• net

• cubic units

a figure with length, width, and height

• net

• lateral face

• three-dimensional figure

• base

a three-dimensional figure with at least three rectangular faces and top and bottom faces parallel

• prism

• base

• volume

• three-dimensional figure

a prism that has rectangular bases

• rectangular prism

• volume

• net

• base