Download Name Complete the clues to describe each geometric solid. Use the

Name
Geometry/Measurement: Summarize/Generalize
Complete the clues to describe each geometric solid.
sphere
cube
cylinder
square
pyramid
triangular
pyramid
cone
rectangular
prism
An edge is where two faces meet.
I have no straight edges.
What can I be?
A face is a flat surface.
I have at least one round face.
What can I be?
A vertex is a point where two or
more edges meet. I have exactly
5 vertices.
What can I be?
I have no edges, no vertices,
and no faces.
What can I be?
Use the clues to guess the geometric solid. Then complete the clues.
I look like a box.
My faces are NOT all congruent.
I am the
All my faces are the same shape.
My edges are not parallel.
.
I am the
.
I have
faces.
I have
faces.
I have
vertices.
I have
vertices.
I have
edges.
I have
edges.
I look like a can.
My faces are round.
I am the
I have
A single clue can give me away.
.
faces.
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What is the clue?
What am I?
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Name
Geometry/Measurement: Summarize/Generalize
Use the diagram. Read the clues. Name the figure.
q u a d rila terals
c irc l e
t r i a n gl e
rho mbu s
tr apezoid
pentagon
hexagon
octagon
An vertex is the point where two
sides meet. I have no vertices.
What can I be?
Scalene means that no two sides
are congruent. Which of us are
scalene?
My name tells you that I have
exactly 4 sides. I come in lots of
different shapes. What am I?
Obtuse means we have at least one
angle that is greater than a right
angle. Which of us are obtuse?
Use the diagram above and the clues to guess the polygon.
Then complete the clues.
Two of my sides are congruent.
Exactly three of my angles are obtuse.
My opposite angles are congruent.
None of my 4 angles are right angles.
I am the
I am the
.
.
I have
sides.
I have
sides.
I have
vertices.
I have
vertices.
I have exactly 3 pairs of opposite
sides that are parallel.
I am the
.
I have
sides.
I have
vertices.
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I am the only figure in the group that
is NOT a polygon.
I am the
.
How am I different?
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