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Cross Sections of Cylinders

Drag the blue points to see the different sections of the cylinder.
Anthony Or. GeoGebra Institute of Hong Kong

Move the Rotate 1 slider to the left, labeled Horizontal and answer Question 1 below.

1. What is the shape of the cross section formed by slicing the cylinder horizontally?

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Move the Rotate 1 slider to the right, labeled Vertical and answer Question 2 below.

2. What is the shape of the cross section formed by slicing the cylinder vertically?

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Move the Rotate 1 slider to the middle, halfway between Vertical and Horizontal and answer Question 3 below.

3. What is the shape of the cross section formed by slicing the cylinder diagonally?

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