Patterns
A pattern is made of ____.
a. shapes
b. clothes
c. floors
d. tiles
a. shapes
Tiling turns math into _____.
a. reading
b. science
c. music
d. art
d. art
M.C. Escher ____.
a. drew plain shapes out of tiles
b. studied painting in Spain
c. made palaces just like those in Spain
d. used math to create art
d. used math to create art
Hexagon
A plane figure with four equal straight sides and four right angles.
Squares
A shape with three sides is ___.
a. s square
b. a triangle
c. a hexagon
d. a pattern
b. a triangle
A flat surface that goes on and on in every direction is ____.
a. a plain
b. a plane
c. a tiling
d. a triangle
b. a plane
Mosaics are _____.
a. a flat surface that goes on forever
b. drawings made of shapes
c. designs made out of small pieces of tile
d. design in a museum
c. designs made out of small pieces of tile
A game, toy, or problem designed to test ingenuity or knowledge.
Puzzle/s
A flat surface that goes on and on forever.
Plane
A hexagon has _____ sides.
a. three
b. four
c. five
d. six
d. six
Shapes that can be used separately to tile a plane incude ____.
a. squares, triangles, and hexagons
b. squares, triangles, and circles
c. squares, circles, and hexagons
d. squares, hexagons, and ovals
a. squares, triangles, and hexagons
How were Escher's tessellations different from the mosaics he saw in Spain?
a. They included things like fish, birds, and lizards.
b. They were made up of geometrical shapes.
c. They used shapes to fill a plane.
d. They included colorful designs.
a. They included things like fish, birds, and lizards.
Another name for tessellation.
Tiling
A repeated decorative design.
Pattern/s
The easiest shape to use to make a pattern on a tile floor is _____.
a. a hexagon
b. a rectangle
c. a square
d. a triangle
c. a square
A honeycomb is made up of ____.
a. octagons
b. hexagons
c. pentagons
d. squares
b. hexagons
A pattern of shapes that fit together on a plane is called ____.
a. a geometric shape
b. a tessellation
c. a hexagon
d. a triangle
b. a tessellation
A picture or pattern produced by arranging together small colored pieces of hard material, such as stone, tile, or glass.
Mosaics
Any structure, open or closed, having a definite shape and properties made up of lines, curves, and points.
Geometric Shapes
The workers had to use ____ to make the tile floor.
a. math
b. music
c. social studies
d. science
a. math
Tilings are also called ____.
a. artists
b. math
c. tessellations
d. objects
c. tessellations
How did Escher turn lizards into a tessellations?
a. He drew them atop hexagons.
b. He drew them atop squares.
c. He drew them atop triangles.
d. He drew them atop circles.
a. He drew them atop hexagons.
The person who can be regarded as the " Father of Tessellation".
Maurits Cornelis Escher or M.C. Escher
Shapes that fit together to fill a plane without gaps or overlapping.
Tessellation