D15 Flashcards
Polyhedron
A 3-D solid made entirely by polygons
Face
A flat surface that makes up part of a 3D figure
Edge
A segment formed by the intersection of 3 or more faces
Vertex
A point formed by the intersection of 3 or more faces
Are cylinders, spheres, or cones considered polyhedrons ?
Nope
Polyhedrons are classified by
The number of faces
Regular polyhedron
A polyhedron made of congruent regular polygons
There are 5 regular polyhedrons ; these are known as the
Platonic solids
( Tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, isosohedron)
Two types of special polyhedrons are
Prims and pyramids
Has two faces called bases that are congruent, parallel polygons.
Prism
The other faces of the polyhedron, called ____ ___ , are parallelograms that connect the corresponding sides of the bases
Later faces
The later faces meet to form the
Lateral edges
Prisms are classified by their
Bases
The ____ of a prism is the length of ita altitude, any perpendicular segment from one base to the plane of the other base
Height
A prism whose lateral faces are rectangles is called a
Right prism