Exploring Cross Sections of Right Rectangular Pyramids

What geometric figure is described as having a base perpendicular to a vertex?

• Right Rectangular Pyramid

• Cube

• Sphere

• Cylinder

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CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1

What does a plane represent in geometric terms?

• An infinitely wide and thin sheet

• A point

• A line

• A solid object

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CCSS.7.G.A.3

How does a parallelogram appear when viewed straight on?

• As a circle

• As a rectangle

• As a triangle

• As an oval

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CCSS.7.G.A.3

What is a cross section?

• A three-dimensional shape

• A type of geometric plane

• A method of drawing

• A two-dimensional shape from slicing a 3D object

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CCSS.7.G.A.3

What are parallel planes?

• Planes that are always horizontal

• Planes that never touch or intersect

• Planes that intersect at a point

• Planes that intersect at a right angle

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CCSS.4.G.A.1

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.1

What does it mean when planes are described as perpendicular?

• They form a curved intersection

• They do not intersect

• They run parallel to each other

• They intersect at a 90-degree angle

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CCSS.7.G.A.3

What is the shape of the cross section when a right rectangular pyramid is sliced parallel to its base?

• Trapezoid

• Rectangle

• Triangle

• Circle

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CCSS.7.G.A.3

What results from slicing a right rectangular pyramid with a plane not parallel to its base?

• Quadrilateral

• Trapezoid

• Triangle

• Rectangle

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CCSS.7.G.A.3

What is the appearance of the cross section when viewed straight on if the pyramid is cut with a plane not parallel to its base?

• Triangle

• Circle

• Rectangle

• Trapezoid

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CCSS.7.G.A.3

What is the shape of the cross section when a right rectangular pyramid is sliced perpendicular to its base and through the vertex?

• Triangle

• Rectangle

• Circle

• Trapezoid

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CCSS.7.G.A.3