Question

Describe what a cylinder is. What are the shapes that make up the different sides?

Answer 1

@sprattfield just give a list of the shapes

Answer 2

Imagine that the cylinder is a can, and that you remove both ends. Cut the resulting cylinder once, lengthwise. The result, when flattened out, is just a rectangle whose length is the circumference of the cylinder and whose width is the height of the cylinder.

What is the shape of the top / bottom?

Answer 3

a cylinder is a prism with a circle as a base, 2 circle shaped sides and 1 rectangular side.

Answer 4

2 circle-shaped ENDS and 1 rectangular side.