C6-L9-D2-MA-LQ

Multiple Choice

Which of these is a natural example of symmetry?

• Snowflake

• Car

• Clock tower

• Bridge

Match

Match each field with the correct example of symmetry.

• Nature

• Architecture

• Arts & Crafts

• Engineering

Butterfly

Taj Mahal

Rangoli

Bridge

• Butterfly

• Taj Mahal

• Rangoli

• Bridge

Multiple Choice

What type of symmetry does a car usually show?

• Horizontal symmetry

• Vertical symmetry

• Radial symmetry

• No symmetry

Multiple Choice

Which type of symmetry does a folding fan show?

• Vertical

• Horizontal

• Radial

• Translational

Open Ended

Give one example of symmetry that you see every day and describe why it is symmetrical.

Multiple Choice

When you fold an A4 sheet vertically down the centre, what do you get?

• Two unequal halves

• Two mirror-image halves

• A diagonal line

• A triangle shape

Multiple Choice

Why doesn’t a diagonal fold of a rectangle create a line of symmetry?

• Because the halves overlap exactly

• Because the halves do not match

• Because the diagonal is too long

• Because rectangles have no symmetry

Multiple Choice

A rectangle has how many lines of symmetry?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Open Ended

Explain how you can test if a fold is truly a line of symmetry.

Multiple Choice

Which of these objects has two lines of symmetry?

• Book

• Pencil box

• Clock

• Spoon

Match

Match each object with its type of symmetry.

• Clock

• Leaf

• Book

• Pencil box

Radial

Vertical

Horizontal

None

• Radial

• Vertical

• Horizontal

• None

Open Ended

Why do engineers and architects use symmetry in buildings and bridges?

Reorder

Arrange these ideas to describe how we recognize symmetry:

• Observe object

• Imagine fold

• Check mirror halves

• Draw symmetry line

1

2

3

4

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4