Math Chapter 10

Question 1

altitude

Answer 1

is a line segment perpendicular to line containing a base of the figure and drawn from the side opposite that base

Question 2

altitude of a triangle

Answer 2

is the perpendicular segment from a vertex of a triangle to the line containing the opposite side

Question 3

area

Answer 3

of a figure is the number of square units it encloses

Question 4

cone

Answer 4

has one circular base and one vertex

Question 5

cubic unit

Answer 5

the space occupied by a cube with edges one unit long

Question 6

cylinder

Answer 6

has two parallel bases that are congruent circles

Question 7

lateral area

Answer 7

a prism is the sum of the areas of the lateral faces

Question 8

net

Answer 8

a pattern you can form into a space figure

Question 9

prism

Answer 9

has two parallel bases that are congruent polygons, and lateral faces that are parallelograms

Question 10

pyramid

Answer 10

has a base that is a polygon. That has lateral faces

Question 11

scale factor

Answer 11

is the ratio of a length in one solid to the corresponding length in the similar solid

Question 12

similar solids

Answer 12

three-dimensional figures that have the same shape but not necessarily the same size.

Question 13

slant height

Answer 13

the height of a face to find the area of the lateral faces

Question 14

space figure

Answer 14

three-dimensional figures

Question 15

sphere

Answer 15

is the set of all points in space that are a given distance from a given point called the center

Question 16

surface area

Answer 16

is the sum of the base and the lateral faces of a space figure

Question 17

volume

Answer 17

a three-dimensional figure is the number of cubic units needed to fill it