Shapes Flashcards
Concave Polygon
polygon that has at least one interior angle that is more than 180⁰; at least one vertex seems to point inward; diagonals pass outside of the polygon
Obtuse triangle
Triangle with one obtuse angle; one angle measuring more than 90⁰
Edge
where these faces meet
Irregular polygon
A polygon with sides and angle measures that are not all the same
Parallelogram
Quadrilateral with two pairs of opposite sides that are parallel to each other
Right triangle
triangle with one right angle measuring exactly 90⁰
Acute triangle
triangle with each angle being an acute angle; each angle measuring less than 90⁰
prism
a three-dimensional figure with quadrilateral faces with two congruent bases (and no apex)
Regular prism
A prism with regular polygons for bases.
Vertices
the corners of the shape
Pyramid
a shape in three dimensions that has a polygon for a base and triangular faces that meet at a point (the apex)
circle
The set of all points equidistant (the same distance) from a given point (the center). Circles have no sides nor interior angles.
Equilateral polygon
polygon with all sides congruent (equal length)
sphere
set of points in 3-dimensional space that are all the same distance from a given point (the center)
irregular prism
A prism with irregular polygons for bases
face
the sides of the shape
isosceles triangle
Triangle with (at least) two sides congruent to each other and their two base angles congruent to each other
square
Rectangle with four congruent sides (four sides of the same measure)
polygon
a multi-sided, closed figure made up of vertices (corners) and edges (sides)
Equilateral Triangle / Equiangular Triangle
A regular polygon of three sides; triangle with all sides congruent to each other and all angles congruent to each other.
slant height
the distance from the apex (top) to an edge of the base
convex polygon
polygon for which all interior angles are less than 180⁰; vertices seem to point outward; all diagonals will be contained within the polygon
quadrilateral
polygon with four vertices and four sides
rectangle
Parallelogram with four right (90°) angles. Both pairs of opposite sides are parallel. Sides do NOT need to be congruent, but can be.
scalene triangle
Triangle with no sides or angles congruent to each other. All three sides are of different lengths.
trapezoid
Quadrilateral with one pair of parallel sides and one pair of non-parallel sides
regular polygon
A polygon with all sides congruent to each other and all angle measures congruent to each other
rhombus
Parallelogram with all sides of congruent length.
triangle
polygon with three vertices and three sides
Equiangular Polygon
polygon with all angles congruent (equal measure)
right prism
a prism that has the two bases aligned with each other vertically, creating sides that are perpendicular to the bases (meet the bases at right angles), creating rectangular faces
oblique prism
a prism with bases that are not exactly above/below each other, creating faces that are parallelograms (without right angles)