Definitions
What is a tessellation?
A collection of figures that fills a plane without overlapping or leaving any gaps
What is a fruit that creates a tessellation?
Pineapple
What is a tessellation that is made of one type of polygon(Triangle, Hexagon, Square)?
A regular tessellation
What are common parts of a building that can be tessellated?
Floors, Walls, and Ceilings
What is a non-regular tessellation?
A tessellation that is most often used for art, Tessellation that uses irregular polygons.
What are the rules of regular and semi-regular tessellations?
1. A tessellation MUST tile a surface and be capable of going on FOREVER. 2. Tiles MUST BE regular polygons that are ALL the SAME. 3. The vertexes MUST LOOK the SAME.
What is a tile?
A plane shape used in tiling
What is honeycomb?
A hexagonal wax built for larvae, honey, and pollen, built by honey bees
What is honeycomb?
What are semi-regular tessellations?
Tessellations made of two or more regular polygons
What are semi-regular tessellations?
What is a vertex?
The point where the shapes in a tessellation meet up