STAAR Grade 8 Mathematics: Geometry and Measurement, List 2

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  1. area
    the extent of a two-dimensional surface within a boundary
  2. base
    the bottom side of a geometric figure
  3. circumference
    the length of the closed curve of a circle
  4. cone
    a shape with a circular base and sides tapering to a point
  5. cylinder
    a solid bounded by a round surface and two parallel planes
  6. diagonal
    a straight line connecting nonadjacent vertices of a polygon
  7. diameter
    the length of a straight line through the center of a circle
  8. equilateral
    having all sides of the same length
  9. height
    distance from the base of something to its top
  10. lateral
    situated at or extending to the side
  11. parallelogram
    a quadrilateral whose opposite sides are parallel and equal
  12. pentagon
    a shape with five angles and five sides
  13. perimeter
    a line enclosing a plane area
  14. pi
    the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle
  15. polygon
    a closed plane figure bounded by straight sides
  16. prism
    a polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces
  17. quadrilateral
    a four-sided polygon
  18. radius
    the length of a line between a circle's center and perimeter
  19. rectangle
    a parallelogram with four right angles
  20. right
    having the axis perpendicular to the base
  21. sphere
    a round three-dimensional closed surface
  22. trapezoid
    a quadrilateral with one pair of parallel sides
  23. triangle
    a three-sided polygon
  24. vertex
    the point of intersection of lines
  25. volume
    the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
Created on Fri Oct 01 08:24:52 EDT 2021 (updated Fri Oct 01 08:26:25 EDT 2021)

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