Fractals, Tesselations and Symmetry

Question 1

• geometric patterns that is repeated at ever smaller scales to produce irregular shapes and surfaces that cannot be represented by classical geometry
• they are repetitive, circular, looping, recurrent, recursive, iterative, and infinite

Answer 1

fractals

Question 2

• a special type of tiling that repeats forever in all directions

Answer 2

tesselation

Question 3

types of tesselations

Answer 3

regular tesselation, semi-regular tesselation, and irregular tesselation

Question 4

are composed of identically sized and shaped regular polygons

Answer 4

regular tesellation

Question 5

are made from multiple regular polygons

Answer 5

semi-regular tesellation

Question 6

consist of figures that aren’t composed of regular polygons that interlock without gaps or overlaps

Answer 6

irregular tesellation

Question 7

corner point where shapes meet

Answer 7

vertex

Question 8

when 2 or more parts are identical after a flip, slide, or turn

Answer 8

symmetry

Question 9

types of symmetry

Answer 9

translational symmetry, rotational symmetry, reflectional symmetry, and glide reflection symmetry

Question 10

where a figure or an image is translated at a set distance in the same direction as the original

Answer 10

translational symmetry

Question 11

• radial symmetry
• where a shape or an image after some rotation

Answer 11

rotational symmetry

Question 12

• line or mirror symmetry
• one half of the image or picture reflects the other half

Answer 12

reflectional symmetry

Question 13

type of symmetry where the figure or image looks precisely the original when it is reflected over a line and then translated at a given distance in a given direction

Answer 13

Glide reflection symmetry

Question 14

an imaginary line or axis that passes through the center of any picture, shape, or object and it is divided into 2 identical halves

Answer 14

line of symmetry