MMW Flashcards
Same thing always happens in the same circumstances
Regularity
Regular and repeated firm, way or design
Pattern
Visible regularities found in the natural world
Patterns in Nature
Pattern formed of geometric shapes
Geometric pattern
One shape becomes exactly like another
Symmetry
Half of an image is the mirror image
Reflective/line symmetry
Can be turned around a center point and match itself some number of times
Rational Symmetry
Never ending pattern
Fractal
Curve which emanates from a point
Spiral
Regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns
Meander
Transfers energy through matter or space with little or no associated mass
Wave
Transfers energy through matter or space with little or no associated mass
Wave
Tilling of a plane using one or more geometric shapes
Tessellation
They have functions which increases the chances that the offspring of the patterned animal
Spots and Stripes
Series of bands or strips
Stripes
Numbers are nature’s numbering system
Fibonacci Numbers