Vocabulary

1. Vocabulary Focus on Geometry 2011-2012

2. Can you spell each word correctly?

3. Do you know the definition of each word?

4. Essential Question How are geometric shapes identified?

5. There are many different geometric shapes.

6. circle circle – a shape that is round.

7. square square- a rectangle whose four sides are of equal length.

8. triangle triangle- a three-sided polygon

9. rectangle rectangle- a shape with four sides. Each side of the shape is the same length as the side opposite it.

10. cone cone – a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point.

11. cylinder cylinder– a solid bound by a cylindrical surface and two parallel bases

12. hexagon hexagon- a shape with six sides.

13. octagon octagon – a figure having eight sides and eight angles.

14. pentagon pentagon- a shape with five sides with five angles inside of it.

15. equilateral triangle equilateral triangle- a triangle with equal sides and equal angles.

16. isosceles triangle isosceles triangle- a triangle which has two sides exactly the same length.

17. scalene triangle scalene triangle- a triangle with no equal sides or angles.

18. sphere sphere– a solid figure that has the shape of a ball.

19. cube cube - a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides.