Lesson 18: Symmetry in Mathematics and Science Quiz

Lesson 18: Symmetry in Mathematics and Science Quiz

Assessment

Passage

Mathematics

12th Grade

Hard

CCSS
HSG.CO.A.3, RI.11-12.9, RI.9-10.9

+3

Standards-aligned

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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do mathematicians define symmetry?

Symmetry is an extrinsic property of a mathematical object.

Symmetry is a property that causes a mathematical object to remain invariant under certain classes of transformations.

Symmetry is a property that causes a mathematical object to expand under certain classes of transformations.

Symmetry is a property that causes a mathematical object to change under certain classes of transformations.

Tags

CCSS.HSG.CO.A.3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who claimed that 'all a priori statements in physics have their origin in symmetry'?

Hermann Weyl

Isaac Newton

Stephen Hawking

Albert Einstein

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What theorem states that each symmetry of a system leads to a physically conserved quantity in physics?

Fermat's last theorem

Noether's symmetry theorem

Pythagoras' theorem

Euler's theorem

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who developed the branch of abstract algebra called Group Theory?

Pierre-Simon Laplace

Carl Friedrich Gauss

Leonhard Euler

Evariste Galois

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the name of the theorem that describes the crystallographic restriction on wallpaper patterns?

Symmetry breaking theorem

Crystallographic theorem

Noether's theorem

Penrose theorem

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which artist is known for creating artworks with intriguing symmetries?

Vincent van Gogh

Pablo Picasso

Leonardo da Vinci

Claude Monet

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the name of the phenomenon in physics where small fluctuations decide the system's fate as it crosses a critical point?

Fractal symmetry

Crystallographic symmetry

Symmetry breaking

Symmetry transformation

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