Transformations and Tessellations

Identify the transformations used to create this tessellation.

• Translation and rotation

• Translation only

• Reflection only

• Translation and reflection

This is an example of a ____________ tessellation.

• Puzzle

• Rotation

• Reflection

• Refracted

This is an example of a ________________ tessellation.

• Repeated

• Reflection

• Translation

• Rotation

This is an example of a _________________ tessellation.

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Flipped

• Rotation

Determine the transformation used to make the tessellation.

• translation

• rotation

• reflection

Determine the transformation(s) used to make the tessellation.

• translation

• rotation

• reflection

This is an example of a tessellation made of mutated figures done by using ______________.

• Repeated

• Reflection

• Translation

• Rotation

This is an example of a tessellation made with figures that were ______________.

• Reflected

• Refracted

• Translated

• Rotated

M.C. Escher was an artist that used rotation, reflection and translation to make art. Are these pieces considered tessellations?

• Yes, they fill the gaps with no overlaps.

• No, they have gaps and overlaps.

This is an example of a tessellation made with repeated, ___________ figures.

• Translated

• Rotated

• Reflected

• Refracted