Tessellations Concepts

What are regular tessellations?

• Patterns made by repeating a single shape with gaps or overlaps.

• Patterns made by repeating multiple shapes without any gaps or overlaps.

• Patterns made by repeating a single shape with gaps but no overlaps.

• Patterns made by repeating a single shape without any gaps or overlaps.

Name the three regular tessellations.

• circles

• equilateral triangles, squares, and hexagons

• rectangles

• pentagons

What is the defining characteristic of regular tessellations?

• Congruent regular polygons

• Curved polygons

• Different sized polygons

• Irregular polygons

What are semi-regular tessellations?

• Tessellations made up of only one regular polygon

• Tessellations made up of irregular polygons

• Tessellations made up of circles

• Tessellations made up of two or more regular polygons

How many different semi-regular tessellations are there?

What is the defining characteristic of semi-regular tessellations?

• Two or more types of regular polygons meet at each vertex.

• Semi-regular tessellations have irregular polygons at each vertex.

• Only one type of regular polygon meets at each vertex.

• There are no regular polygons in semi-regular tessellations.

Can a regular tessellation be a semi-regular tessellation?

• It depends

• No

• Sometimes

• Yes

Can a semi-regular tessellation be a regular tessellation?

• I don't know

• Maybe

• No

• Yes

What is the minimum number of different polygons required for a semi-regular tessellation?

• 5

• 3

• 10

• 1

Give an example of a semi-regular tessellation.

• Random tessellation

• Archimedean tessellation

• Fractal tessellation

• Regular tessellation