Spatial Awareness Flashcards
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A 3D shape has 6 rectangular faces, 12 edges, and 8 vertices. What is it?
Answer: Either a cube or cuboid
Both a cube (6 square faces, which are special rectangles) and a cuboid (6 rectangular faces) have 12 edges and 8 vertices. The description fits either.
If you rotate the letter 'N' by 90 degrees clockwise, what letter does it most resemble?
Answer: Z
When N is rotated 90 degrees clockwise, its two vertical strokes become horizontal and its diagonal stroke connects them, resembling the letter Z.
A cone is viewed from directly above. What shape do you see?
Answer: Circle with a dot in the centre
Looking at a cone from directly above, you see the circular base with the apex (point) visible as a dot in the centre.
How many planes of symmetry does a cube have?
Answer: 9
A cube has 9 planes of symmetry: 3 through opposite face centres, and 6 through opposite edge pairs (diagonally).
A shape made of unit cubes looks like a staircase: 1 cube on top, 2 in the middle row, 3 on the bottom. How many unit cubes are used?
Answer: 6
Total cubes = 1 + 2 + 3 = 6 unit cubes.
If a square-based pyramid is sliced horizontally halfway up, what shape is the cross-section?
Answer: Square
A horizontal slice through a square-based pyramid at any height produces a square cross-section (smaller than the base).