Patterns Flashcards
A class of patterns found in nature. The arrays of hexagonal cells in a honeycomb or the diamond shaped scales
Tesselation or Tiling
The hexagonal pattern in honeycomb structures is an efficient way of using space and resources.
Bees and hexagons
2 Types of Symmetry
Rotational Symmetry
Reflective Symmetry
Are linear openings that form in material to relieve stress
Cracks
When shape looks identical to its original shaped after being flipped or turned
Symmetry
Patterns in animal Behaviour
Migration and navigation
Bees and hexagon
Animals, such as birds fish often follow complex patterns during ———.
Migration and navigation
One half of an image is the mirror image of the other half (butterfly wings)
Reflective Symmetry
The object or image can be turned around a center point and match itself some number of times. ( five pointed star)
Rotational Symmetry
Is an organized arrangement of objects in space or time.
Pattern
Simple rule: Add the last two to get the next
Fibonacci Sequence
When an object exhibits self similar shape or form at any scale and repeat itself overtime
- Biodiversity of a forest.
Fractal Pattern
Topic that highlights the intrinsic connection between mathematics and the natural world.
Patterns and numbers in nature and the world.
Italian mathematican ——– known as fibonacci
Leonardo of pisa
Is an interger in the infinite sequence 1,1,2,3,5,8,13. Of which the first two termes are 1 and 1 each succeeding term is the sum of the two immediately preceding.
- Simple rule: add the last two
Fibonacci Sequence
