Platonic Solids Flashcards
1
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What is the definition of a Platonic solid?
A
A highly regular, convex polyhedra where each face is a congruent regular polygon, and the same number of faces meet at each vertex.
2
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What is the definition of a polyhedra?
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3
Q
What is to definition of a convex?
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4
Q
What is the definition of a regular polygon?
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5
Q
What is the definition of a vertex?
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6
Q
What is the definition of a face?
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7
Q
What is the definition of a edge?
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8
Q
What are the five Platonic solids?
A
Hexahedron, dodecahedron, tetrahedron, icosahedron, and octahedron
9
Q
Hexahedron
A
6, 8, 12 (f, e, v) earth
10
Q
Icosahedron
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20, 20, 30 (f, e, v) water
11
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Dodecahedron
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12, 20, 30 (f, e, v) universe
12
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Octahedron
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8, 6, 13 (f, e, v) air
13
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Tetrahedron
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4,4,6 (f, e, v) fire
