I have 3 sides.
a triangle
I am a 2 Dimensional shape. I have no sides and no angles. I am round.
a circle
I am a 3D shape. You can see me in a ball, a globe or an orange.
a sphere
This is a geometry word for a dot you can make with your pencil. Be careful my name makes you think of something sharp.
a point
This is a shape. If you tilted a square you would get this shape. It starts with the letter R.
a rhombus
I have 4 sides. Two of my sides are the same size and the other two sides are the same size. I have 4 right angles.
a rectangle
I have 4 sides that are all the same size. I have 4 right angles. I am a types of rectangle.
a square
My shape can be found in lots of places. You might think of me with ice cream, traffic or a party hat.
a cone
This geometry word shows something long. You can draw me straight or curvy. I am used to make the edges of a shape.
a line
This is a shape. If you tilted a rectangle you would get this shape. The name starts with the letter P.
a parallelogram
I have 5 sides. I am the name of a building in Washington D.C. Some kids draw a house as my shape.
a pentagon
I am a polygon with 6 sides.
a hexagon
You can visit my most famous shape in Egypt. They used this for a place to bury pharaohs. I am tall and pointy.
a pyramid
This geometry word is the name of the flat side of a 3D shape. You can find your eyes and nose on one of these too!
a face
True or False:
All squares are rectangles.
True: a square has 2 sets of sides that are the same size and 4 right angles.
I am a 3D shape. I look like dice or a Rubicks Cube. I have 6 faces.
a cube
I am a polygon with 8 sides
an octagon
I have a tricky name. I am NOT a cylinder. You can find my shape in a football, a cucumber or a watermelon. My name starts with an E.
an ellipsoid
This is the geometry word for a line on a 3D shape. You don't want to set a glass of water on one of these because it may fall off.
an edge
What is a quadrilateral?
Any 4 sided shape
I am a 3D shape. I am round in the middle and have a circle on the top and bottom. You can see me in the shape of a can, a battery, or a can of paint.
a cylinder
I am a quadrilateral. I have two short sides and two long sides. People can see kids flying my shape on the beach on a windy day.
a kite
I am made up of 4 rectangles and 2 squares. I can be found in the shape of books, a box of crayons, or even a cell phone.
rectangular prism
This geometry word is the point where two lines meet. It begins with the letter V. A 3D shape has many of these so the plural is called VERTICES.
a vertex
What is a polygon?
Any shape with more than 4 sides.