Post on 22-Jun-2015
Geometry and Measurement
• 5th Grade MCA Vocabulary
height
How tall something
is.By J. Scheumann and C. Sorenson 2011
height of a parallelogr
am
One of the sides of a parallelogram;
also the length of this side. By J. Scheumann and C. Sorenson 2011
height of a rectangle
One of the sides of a rectangle; also length
of this side. The length of the side
perpendicular to the base is the height of a
rectangle.By J. Scheumann and C. Sorenson 2011
height of 3-dimensional
figure
One face or a pair of faces on the figure. The height is the length of a line segment drawn perpendicular to a base of the figure that extends
from the base to the opposite face or vertex.
By J. Scheumann and C. Sorenson 2011
height of a triangle
One of the sides of a triangle; also, the length of its side. The shortest distance between the base and the vertex opposite the base is the height of
a triangle.By J. Scheumann and C. Sorenson 2011
edge
A line segment where two faces of a polyhedron
meet.By J. Scheumann and C. Sorenson 2011
face
A flat surface that bounds a 3-
dimensional shape.
face
By J. Scheumann and C. Sorenson 2011
base
1. Any side of a polygon, usually used, along with the altitude perpendicular to it, for computing area.
2. The flat face of faces that define the shape when classifying polyhedrons.
base
By J. Scheumann and C. Sorenson 2011
base of a parallelogr
am
One of the sides of a parallelogram; also the length of this side. By J. Scheumann and C. Sorenson 2011
base of a polygon
The side on which the polygon “sits”; the
side that is perpendicular to the
height of the polygon. By J. Scheumann and C. Sorenson 2011
base of a polyhedron
The “bottom” face of a polyhedron; the face whose shape is the base for classifying a prism or pyramid. By J. Scheumann and C. Sorenson 2011
base of a rectangle
One of the sides of a rectangle; also length
of this side. The length of the side
perpendicular to the base is the height of a
rectangle.By J. Scheumann and C. Sorenson 2011
base of 3-dimensional
figure
One face or a pair of faces on the figure. The height is the length of a
line segment drawn perpendicular to a base of the figure that extends from the base to the
opposite face or vertex.By J. Scheumann and C. Sorenson 2011
base of a triangle
One of the sides of a triangle; also, the length of its side. The shortest distance between the base and the vertex opposite the base is the height of
a triangle.
By J. Scheumann and C. Sorenson 2011
formula
A general rule for finding the value of something. A formula is often written in abbreviated form
with letters, called variables.
A formula for distance traveled can be written as d = r * t
where the variable d stands for distance,
r for speed, and t for time.
By J. Scheumann and C. Sorenson 2011
volume
The measure of the amount of space a 3-dimensional
shape takes up.
By J. Scheumann and C. Sorenson 2011
surface area
The total area of the surface of a three-dimensional object
net
A pattern that you can cut and fold to make a model of a solid shape/
Click here to try it!
triangular prism
A prism whose bases are triangles.
triangular pyramid
A pyramid whose bases (faces) are triangles.
3-dimensional (3-D)
Objects with thickness, length
and width.
cubes
A polyhedron with six square faces.
One regular polyhedron.
prism
A polyhedron with two parallel flat faces (bases) with the same
size and shape.
pyramid
A polyhedron (3-dimensional shape) in which one face (base) is a polygon and the other faces are triangles with a common vertex (apex).
cone
A 3-dimensional shape having a circular base, a curved surface, and one vertex, called the apex.
base
curved surface
apex
cylinder
A 3-dimensional shape having a
curved surface and parallel circular or
elliptical bases that are the same
size.