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What is a tessellation and draw an example of one?
Examples of tessellations are: a tile floor, a brick or block wall, a checker or chess board, and a fabric pattern. A tessellation is a tiling over a plane with one or more figures such that the figures fill the plane with no overlaps and no gaps.
What is a tessellation shape?
A tessellation is created when a shape is repeated over and over again covering a plane without any gaps or overlaps. Another word for a tessellation is a tiling.
Is fish scale a tessellation?
Fish Scales Though they are not a regular geometric shape, fish scales are also an example of a naturally occurring tessellation. The repeated patterns occur in many different types of fish with many different sizes and shapes of scales.
What is tessellation design?
A pattern of shapes that fit perfectly together! A Tessellation (or Tiling) is when we cover a surface with a pattern of flat shapes so that there are no overlaps or gaps.
How do you identify a tessellation?
A figure will tessellate if it is a regular geometric figure and if the sides all fit together perfectly with no gaps.
What are the examples of tessellation?
Examples of a tessellation are: a tile floor, a brick or block wall, a checker or chess board, and a fabric pattern. The following pictures are also examples of tessellations. Notice the hexagon (cubes, first tessellation) and the quadrilaterals fit together perfectly.
What is an example of a tessellation?
A tessellation is a tiling over a plane with one or more figures such that the figures fill the plane with no overlaps and no gaps. You have probably seen tessellations before. Examples of a tessellation are: a tile floor, a brick or block wall, a checker or chess board, and a fabric pattern.
What animals have tessellation?
| In Nature: Bugs & Shells | In Nature: Other Animals | In Nature: Plants |
|---|---|---|
| Honeycombs of Bees | Leopard Fur | Plant Cells in Wood |
| Dragonfly Wings | The Skin Snakes Are In | Pineapples |
| Living Egg Cowries | Turtle Shells | Structures in Plant Cells |
| Monophorus Tessellates | Fish Scales | Sunflowers |