Topic 1 Key Terms - Building to Volume

A prism with all right angles and 3 pairs of opposite parallel rectangular faces that are the same is a _____________________________.

• right rectangular prism

• triangular prism

• cube

• pentagonal prism

When a rectangular prism’s length, width, and height all have the same measure, the rectangular prism is a _____________________________.

• cube

• rectangle

• cylinder

• pyramid

When two faces or edges are always the same distance apart and never intersect, the faces or edges are _____________________________.

• parallel

• perpendicular

• intersecting

• skew

The measures of the sides of a figure are the figure’s _____________________________.

• dimensions

• angles

• colors

• vertices

The amount of space an object occupies is its _____________________________.

• volume

• mass

• weight

• area

A _____________________________ represents a cube that is 1 unit by 1 unit by 1 unit.

• cubic unit

• square unit

• rectangular prism

• unit square

The formula for Volume is: