Cross Sections

What is a cross section?

What shape will the horizontal (parallel) cross-section of a cone be?

What shape will the vertical (perpendicular) cross -section of a cylinder be?

What shape will the vertical (perpendicular) cross-section of a cube be?

A triangular prism is shown. What shape does this perpendicular-to-base cross section make?

A triangular prism is shown What shape does this cross section perpendicular to the base make?

Describe the cross section of this triangular pyramid cut p

Describe the cross section of this cone

A plane intersects a hexagonal prism. The plane is parallel to the base of the prism. Which two-dimensional figure is the cross section of the plane intersecting the prism?

Which figure can have the same cross section as a sphere?

Select the type of cross section formed when a triangular prism is cut perpendicular to its base.

A solid is cut by a plane that is perpendicular to its base, forming a two-dimensional cross section in the shape of a rectangle. Which of the following solids could have resulted in that cross section?