This task is about cross-sections of 3-dimensional objects.
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Use your modelling clay to make a rectangular prism.
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What shape will its vertical cross-section look like?
Draw this cross-section in the box below.
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What shape will the horizontal cross-section of the rectangular prism look like?
Draw this cross-section in the box below.
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Use your piece of modelling clay to make a sphere. What shape will its horizontal cross-section look like?
Draw this cross-section in the box below.
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Use your modelling clay to make a cylinder.
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What shape will its vertical cross-section look like?
Draw this cross-section in the box below.
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What shape will its horizontal cross-section look like?
Draw this cross-section in the box below.
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Use your modelling clay to make a square-based pyramid.
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What shape will its vertical cross-section look like?
Draw this cross-section in the box below.
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What shape will its horizontal cross-section look like?
Draw this cross-section in the box below.
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