MMW Flashcards

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Same thing always happens in the same circumstances

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Regularity

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2
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Regular and repeated firm, way or design

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Pattern

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3
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Visible regularities found in the natural world

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Patterns in Nature

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4
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Pattern formed of geometric shapes

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Geometric pattern

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5
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One shape becomes exactly like another

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Symmetry

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6
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Half of an image is the mirror image

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Reflective/line symmetry

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7
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Can be turned around a center point and match itself some number of times

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Rational Symmetry

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8
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Never ending pattern

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Fractal

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9
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Curve which emanates from a point

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Spiral

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10
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Regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns

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Meander

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11
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Transfers energy through matter or space with little or no associated mass

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Wave

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12
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Transfers energy through matter or space with little or no associated mass

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Wave

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13
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Tilling of a plane using one or more geometric shapes

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Tessellation

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14
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They have functions which increases the chances that the offspring of the patterned animal

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Spots and Stripes

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15
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Series of bands or strips

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Stripes

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16
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Numbers are nature’s numbering system

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Fibonacci Numbers

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17
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Fibonacci is named after

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Leonardo of Pisa or Leonardo Pisano

18
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Formula of Fibonacci Sequence

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Fn = Fn-1 + Fn-2

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Used by mathematicians to communicate mathematical ideas. Uses technical terms and grammatical convention

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Language of Mathematics

20
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Used to express a formula or to represent a constant

21
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Make the expression well-formed

22
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Very accurate and exact about the details of something

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Say things briefly/clear

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Express complex thoughts with relative case

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Analogue of an English noun
Mathematical Expression
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Correct arrangement used to represent a mathematical object of interest
Mathematical Expression
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Collection of one or more terms
Mathematical Expression
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It is a correct arrangement of mathematical symbols that states a complete thought.
Mathematical Sentence
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Generally agreed upon mathematician
Mathematical Convention
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Hierarchy of mathematical operations, that determine which operation should be done before or after others
Order of Operations
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Nature of Mathematics
A. Partly Invented B. Much of it is discovered
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Contained notches meant to track the lunar phases in relation to the menstrual cycle
The Ishango Bone
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The Ishango Bone was discovered in the area of
Ishango near Semliki River
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For the purpose of managing irrigation, apportioning lands and taxes
Sexagesimal system of Sumerians
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One of the early mathematical discoveries which had a huge impact in architecture and in the history of the development of mathematics itself
Pythagorean Theorem
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Pythagorean Theorem Formula
a²+b²=c²
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Mathematical is a ***science of quality***
Aristotle
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It is the science of ***indirect measurement***
Auguste Comte
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Mathematics is a science that draws ***necessary conclusion***
Benjamin Pierce
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All mathematics is a ***symbolic logic***
Bertrand Russell