Geometry in the Real World

[household item style]

Audrey Burkett

Block 1

Point.

An undefined term in geometry, it names a location and has no size.

Living room light.

Line (Segment).

An undefined term in geometry, a line is a straight path that has no thickness and extends forever.

Cabinet sides.

Plane.

An undefined term in geometry, it is a flat surface that has no thickness and extends forever.

Top of the table.

Angle.

A figure formed by two rays with a common endpoint.

Stained glassed window.

Perpendicular Lines.

Lines that intersect at 90° angles.

Chair legs.

Parallel Lines.

Lines in the same plane that do not intersect.

Flat screen TV.

Triangle.

A three-sided polygon. Stairs.

Right Triangle.

A triangle with one right angle.

The pillars holding the roof up.

Pentagon.

A five-sided polygon. Furniture (top part).

Hexagon.

A seven-sided polygon. Nut.

Square.

A quadrilateral with four congruent sides and right angles.

Drink Coaster

Rectangle.

A quadrilateral with four right angles.

Picture frame.

Trapezoid.

A quadrilateral with exactly one pair of parallel sides.

Living room wall and windows.

Parallelogram.

A quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides.

Computer monitor.

Circle.

The set of points in a plane that are a fixed distance from a given point called the center of the circle.

Bowls.

Cylinder

A three-dimensional figure with two parallel congruent circular bases and a curved lateral surface that connects the bases.

Paper towels.

Sphere.

The set of points in space that are a fixed distance from a given point called the center of the sphere.

Door knob.

Cube.

A prism with six square faces. Toy.

Prism.

A polyhedron formed by two parallel congruent polygonal bases connected by lateral faces that are parallelogram.

Kleenex.

Cone.

A three-dimensional figure with a circular base and a curved lateral surface that connects the base to a point called a vertex.

Ice cream cone.