Surface Area and Volume Vocabulary

This is a cubic measurement of a 3D shape that tells how much space the object takes up, it is measured in cubic units.

• volume

• Surface Area

• Area

The number of square units that covers all of the faces of a polyhedron (3D figure), without gaps or overlaps is called ________________________________.

• units

• Surface Area

• Area

the number of square units that covers a two-dimensional region, without gaps or overlaps

• Area

• Perpendicular

• Decompose

To find the Surface Area of a Cylinder you should use the formula ________.

• SA = 2πrh + 2πr^2

• Surface Area = πr^2h

• Surface Area = 2πrh

• Surface Area = πr^2 + 2πrh

What is surface area?

• Inside of the object

• the sum of all the areas of all the shapes that cover the surface of the object.

• Something Coach G made up?

• Surface area is what you get when you boil unicorn tears. 

What is surface area?

• the space inside of an object

• the sum of all the areas of all the shapes that cover the surface of the object

• something math nerds made up to drive 7th graders crazy

• what happens when Ole Miss fans go to Starkville

When finding Surface Area, what are you solving for?

• Tells us the capacity of the figure.  It is a measure of how much a figure can hold and is measured in cubic units.

• The area of such an outer part or uppermost layer.

the total area of all the faces of a 3-dimensional object

• circumference

• surface area

• volume

• area

Find the surface area of the triangular prism.

• 356 in²

• 348 in²

• 336 in²

• 340 in²

The number of cubic units to fill a 3-dimensional figure

• surface area

• volume

• area