Geometry Vocabulary

The surface measurement of a two-dimensional figure

• volume

• area

• surface area

• perimeter

made up of two or more shapes

• net

• pyramid

• prism

• composite figure

Tags

CCSS.1.G.A.2

Any of the surfaces of a 3D figure

• face

• base

• edge

• vertex

Tags

CCSS.6.G.A.4

Names a 3D figure; flat surface shaped like a polygon

• face

• edge

• base

• vertex

Tags

CCSS.6.G.A.4

the corner of a 3D figure

• face

• base

• vertex

• edge

Tags

CCSS.6.G.A.4

line segment that joins two faces

• face

• base

• vertex

• edge

Tags

CCSS.6.G.A.4

a solid figure with two parallel bases that are separated by the height of the figure

• prism

• net

• pyramid

• polyhedron

Tags

CCSS.6.G.A.4

a solid figure with one base and triangular faces

• prism

• pyramid

• net

• polyhedron

Tags

CCSS.1.G.A.1

CCSS.2.G.A.1

A two- dimensional composite figure that when folded creates a 3D object

• prism

• pyramid

• net

• polyhedron

Tags

CCSS.6.G.A.4

the total covering on the faces of a 3D object

• surface area

• polyhedron

• area

• net