MMW Flashcards

1
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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
Q

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
Q

Formula of Fibonacci Sequence

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Fn = Fn-1 + Fn-2

19
Q

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

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Symbols

21
Q

Make the expression well-formed

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Syntax

22
Q

Very accurate and exact about the details of something

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Precise

23
Q

Say things briefly/clear

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Concise

24
Q

Express complex thoughts with relative case

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Powerful

25
Q

Analogue of an English noun

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Mathematical Expression

26
Q

Correct arrangement used to represent a mathematical object of interest

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Mathematical Expression

27
Q

Collection of one or more terms

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Mathematical Expression

28
Q

It is a correct arrangement of mathematical symbols that states a complete thought.

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Mathematical Sentence

29
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Generally agreed upon mathematician

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Mathematical Convention

30
Q

Hierarchy of mathematical operations, that determine which operation should be done before or after others

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Order of Operations

31
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Nature of Mathematics

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A. Partly Invented
B. Much of it is discovered

32
Q

Contained notches meant to track the lunar phases in relation to the menstrual cycle

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The Ishango Bone

33
Q

The Ishango Bone was discovered in the area of

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Ishango near Semliki River

34
Q

For the purpose of managing irrigation, apportioning lands and taxes

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Sexagesimal system of Sumerians

35
Q

One of the early mathematical discoveries which had a huge impact in architecture and in the history of the development of mathematics itself

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Pythagorean Theorem

36
Q

Pythagorean Theorem Formula

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a²+b²=c²

37
Q

Mathematical is a science of quality

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Aristotle

38
Q

It is the science of indirect measurement

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Auguste Comte

39
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Mathematics is a science that draws necessary conclusion

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Benjamin Pierce

40
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All mathematics is a symbolic logic

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Bertrand Russell