What should your units on your base area calculations be, and why? How is this different from the units on your volume calculations? Explain in two to three sentences. Reflection Question 2: If you were to take a cross-section parallel to the base for one of your items, what shape would you see? Can a cross-section be a sphere? Explain in two to three sentences.

A) The units used for the area are distance squared, so for example, we can use square meters or m^2.

While in volume, we should use distance cubed, in this case, m^3.

The difference is that in volume we have other dimensions, so we need to add another measure, and this is why we have cube meters instead of square meters.

B) A cross-section is made when you cut an object by a given plane, the surface that you see on the cut object when you look perpendicularly to the plane of the cut is called the "cross-section". If you do a cross-section of an object, you may see any "two-dimensional shape", like a triangle, a square or a circle, or anything in between.

For example, if you cut cube by any plane parallel to one side, then the cross-section will be a square.

Now, you never can see a sphere, this is because a sphere is a 3-dimensional object, while a cross-section is a surface (2 dimensions)