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Justin Adamson
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Cross Sections 2020
Describe the two-dimensional figures (cross sections) that result from slicing three-dimensional figures, as in plane sections of right rectangular prisms, right rectangular pyramids, cones, cylinders, and spheres.

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Cross Sections
•What are cross sections?
•What plane figures can I make by slicing a cube by planes?
What about when I slice cones, prisms, cylinders, and pyramids instead of cubes
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Multiple Choice
What is a cross section?
2- dimensional view of a 3-D shape
3-D view of a 2-dimensional shape
2- dimensional view of a 2-D shape
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3 types of slices you will see
A left to right slice is parallel to the base.
An up and down slice is perpendicular to the base.
A diagonal slice is at an angle.
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Horizontal (Parallel) to the base
This will always give you the shape of the base!
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Vertical (Perpendicular)
This will always give you the shape of the face
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Multiple Choice
If you slice a shape parallel to the base, what will the cross section be the shape of?
face
base
stretched base
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Cylinders
parallel gives you a circle
perpendicular gives you a rectangle
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Multiple Choice
If you slice a shape perpendicular to the base (vertical), what will the shape always be?
face
base
fase
bace
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Multiple Choice
cone
rectangle
square
triangle
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Rectangular Pyramids
perpendicular (vertical) gives you a triangle
parallel gives you a rectangle
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Multiple Choice
a circle
cycloid
parabola
hyperbola
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Triangular Prisms
parallel gives you the shape of the base, which is a triangle
perpendicular to the base would give you a rectangle
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Multiple Choice
pyramid
prism
square
triangle
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Cones
parallel=circle
perpendicular=triangle
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Spheres
Circle no matter how you slice it
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Special
If you slice a square pyramid without going through the top (Vertex) you will get a trapezoid
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Angled slices
will give you a stretched out base
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Practice
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Answers
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https://www.geogebra.org/m/XCZwsytr
Cross Sections 2020
Describe the two-dimensional figures (cross sections) that result from slicing three-dimensional figures, as in plane sections of right rectangular prisms, right rectangular pyramids, cones, cylinders, and spheres.

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