+

Cross Sections
SWBAT: Describe the two-dimensional figures that result from
slicing three-dimensional figures, as in plane sections of right
rectangular prisms, right rectangular pyramids, cylinders,
cones, and spheres.

a prism, and at times in cylinders the shape is made

+ In
by stacking several figures on top of each other that
areSimilar
________________

If you stacked the same shape as the base, except that

it is a little smaller

each time until they reached a point at the top, you will
create what is known
as a______________.
Pyramid

These pyramids are named according to the shape of

their_________________
Base

When we think of pyramids we think of the Great Pyramids

of Egypt. They are actually Square Pyramids, because
their base is a Square.

Cross Sections

A slice of any 3 dimensional figure

CrossaSection
with a plane creates
__________
Cross sections are either taken
Parallel
______________
or Perpendicular
____________ to
the base, but they can also be
Diagonal
taken
at a_____________.

+Types of Cross Sections:

If a shape is cut parallel, then the cross
section looks just like the base. (Think a
stack of cheese or a stack of CDs)

If a shape is cut perpendicular to the

base, then the cross section looks just
like the lateral face.
If the shape is cut diagonally, the cross
section looks like a stretched out base.

+
Parallel Cross Section
Same

Shape as the base

base

Cross Section

base

Cross Section

+
Perpendicular Cross Section
Same

shape as lateral face

+
Cross Sections of a Cylinder:
Parallel cut

Perpendicular cut

+
Cross Section of a Rectangular
Pyramid

+
Cross Section of a Triangular
Prism

+
Cross Section of a
Hexagonal/Pentagonal Prism

+
Cross Sections of a Cone

+
Cross Sections of a Sphere

Draw the 2-D Cross section for each 3-D Figure

+
Shape

Vertical Cross
Section

Horizontal
Cross Section

Diagonal Cross
Section

Shape
+

Vertical Cross
Section

Horizontal
Cross Section

Diagonal Cross
Section