Solids Vocabulary

A solid bounded by polygons that enclose a single region of space.

• polyhedron

• polygon

• volume

• Platonic solid

Tags

CCSS.6.G.A.4

A polygon that is the side of a solid.

• vertex

• edge

• face

• polyhedron

Tags

CCSS.6.G.A.4

A line segment formed by the intersection of two faces.

• vertex

• edge

• side

• length

Tags

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1

A point where three or more edges meet.

• vertex

• center point

• location in space

• (x, y)

Tags

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1

All of its faces are congruent regular polygons.

• rectangular prism

• cross section

• Platonic polygon

• regular polyhedron

Tags

CCSS.1.G.A.1

CCSS.2.G.A.1

A polyhedron is _ if a segment connecting any two points on its surface can falls outside the solid.

• concave

• convex

• nonconvex

• curved

A polyhedron is _ if a segment connecting any two points on its surface falls entirely inside the solid.

• concave

• convex

• nonconvex

• curved

The five regular polyhedra are called...

• Platonic Solids

• Archimedean Solids

• Euler's Solids

• Icosahedrons

A polyhedron with two congruent parallel faces connected by parallelograms.

• Prism

• pyramid

• cylinder

• oblique

Tags

CCSS.1.G.A.1

CCSS.2.G.A.1

A polyhedron with a polygonal base and triangular faces with a common vertex.

• Prism

• pyramid

• cylinder

• right

Tags

CCSS.1.G.A.1

CCSS.2.G.A.1