Surface Area Vocabulary

the sum of the areas of all the faces of a 3-dimensional figure

• Surface Area

• Volume

• Net

• Perimeter

Tags

CCSS.7.G.B.6

any flat surface of a 3-dimensional figure

• face

• vertex

• edge

• net

Tags

CCSS.6.G.A.4

a solid, 3-dimensional figure with flat, plolygonal faces, straight edges and vertices

• Polyhedron

• Polygon

• Net

• Faces

a type of polyhedron with two identical faces that are parallel to each other (bases). The bases are connected by a set of rectangles.

• Prism

• Pyramid

• Polygon

• Net

a type of polyhedron that has one special face called the base. All other faces are triangles that all meet at one vertex.

• Pyramid

• Prism

• Polygon

• Net

a 2-dimensional pattern you can fold to make a model of a polyhedron

• Face

• Area

• Polygon

• Net

a 2-dimensional, closed figure composed of straight lines

• Vertex

• Polyhedron

• Polygon

• Edge

Tags

CCSS.5.G.B.3

CCSS.5.G.B.4

a point where two edges meet in a polygon or polyhedron

• Vertex

• Side

• Net

• Edge

Tags

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1

a line segment in a polygon

• Vertex

• Corner

• Area

• Edge

Tags

CCSS.6.G.A.3

the number of square units needed to cover a 2-dimensional region (shape) without gaps or overlaps.

• Volume

• Space

• Perimeter

• Area

Tags

CCSS.3.MD.C.5

CCSS.3.MD.C.6

CCSS.3.MD.C.7