LESSON: Classifying Solid Figures

Vocab/Object

Objectives

  • Classify solid figures as prisms, cylinders, pyramids, cones or spheres.
  • Identify faces, edges and vertices of solid figures.
  • Select real-world examples of given solid figures.

Vocabulary

Plane Figure
a flat two-dimensional figure.
Solid Figure
a three-dimensional figure with height, width and depth.
Prism
a solid with two parallel congruent bases.
Cylinder
a solid with two parallel congruent circular bases.
Pyramid
a polygon for a base and triangular faces that meet at one vertex.
Cone
a solid with a circular base and one vertex
Sphere
a three-dimensional circular solid
Face
any flat surface on a solid figure
Edge
when two faces meet in a line segment. The line segment is the edge.
Vertex
when three or more faces meet at a single point.
Polyhedron
a solid figure with flat surfaces that are polygons.