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No,it is not a prism because basically prism is like when you cut it in half it still has the face that it the same shape eg:cuboid and triangular prism.Thank you for your time. Prisms are shapes made of transparent material through which light can pass. As they pass into the prism the light slows and due to the fact that different colour light travels at different speeds in some material the light separates into it's component parts making a colourful spectrum. A prism can be any shape, as long as it is transparent. Therefore a square based pyramid could be a prism if made of the right stuff. It does not follow that all pyramids are prisms though.
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A pyramid cannot be a prism.
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 8y agoThe answer below is actually a concatenation of several answers by different people. Unfortunately, at least one of them has brought in the optical prism whereas the question appears to be about geometric shapes.
A square based pyramid is a 3D shape with a square base and four triangular faces attached to each side of the square which come together at an apex above the base. A prism, on the other hand, has two polygonal faces which can have any number of sides. These are called bases and are congruent, side by side and are joined together by rectangular faces which are called lateral faces.
A square based pyramid has four triangular faces. In a prism the maximum number of faces that are not rectangular is two, so it can never have 4 triangular faces. So a square based pyramid cannot be a prism.
And finally, the material that it is made from is irrelevant for this purpose.
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Explain the difference between a square pyramid and a square prism?
A square prism is shaped like a cubid. A square pyramid is a pyramid with a square base.
What are the differences of a rectangular prism and a square pyramid?
a square pyramid has 5 faces and a rectangular prism has 6
How many triangles and how many squares form a square pyramid?
A square based pyramid has 4 triangular faces and 1 square face.
How many vertices does a square pyramid have than a triangulare prism?
A square pyramid has 5 vertices. A triangular prism has 6 vertices.
What is a square based pyramid called?
A square based pyramid is called a square pyramid
What is a solid figure with the base like a square?
A square based pyramid, a square based prism, and any one of infinitely many other 3-dimensional shapes.A square based pyramid, a square based prism, and any one of infinitely many other 3-dimensional shapes.A square based pyramid, a square based prism, and any one of infinitely many other 3-dimensional shapes.A square based pyramid, a square based prism, and any one of infinitely many other 3-dimensional shapes.
What three objects has a square as one of its sides?
A square-based prism, a square-based pyramid and a cube.
How many edges does a sphere cone cylinder rectangular prism triangular prism pentagonal prism triangular-based pyramid and square-based pyramid have?
sphere: 0 edgescone: 1 edgerectangular prism: 8 edgescylinder: 0 edgestriangular prism:6 edgespentagonal prism: 10 edgestriangular-based pyramid: 4 edgessquare-based pyramid: 5 edges
Which shape has 8 faces?
a square based pyramid * * * * * Or, more generally, a quadrilateral based pyramid.
What has 5 faces?
a triangular prism, square based pyramid, rectangular prism and much more
How many more verticles are there in a triangular prism than in the pyramid?
if its a square based pyramid, then its 1
What is the solid of a square pyramid?
A pentahedron, but a square [based] pyramid is a better description since a pentahedron can also be a triangular prism which is nothing like a square pyramid.
What does a square based prism resemble too in nature?
if you mean square-based pyramid, then i would say a rock
Which has the most triangular faces triangular prism prism square pyramid or triangular pyramid?
square pyramid
Explain the difference between a square pyramid and a square prism?
A square prism is shaped like a cubid. A square pyramid is a pyramid with a square base.
What are the main differences between a square prism and a square pyramid?
A square prism is shaped like a cubid. A square pyramid is a pyramid with a square base.
How many faces has a triangular based prism pyramid have?
five A triangular based prism has 5 A triangular based pyramid has 4 and there is no such thing as a triangular based prism pyramid - unless you mean a truncated pyramid (or a frustum) which is essentially a prism.
