Exploring Patterns and Symmetry

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Square

Rectangle

Circle

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A table

A shoe

A butterfly

A pencil

A diagonal line from the bottom left to the top right of the heart shape.

A horizontal line across the top of the heart shape.

A zigzag line along the outer edge of the heart shape.

A vertical line down the center of the heart shape.

Triangles can only be symmetrical if they have equal angles.

No, a triangle is not always symmetrical.

Only equilateral triangles are symmetrical.

All triangles are symmetrical by definition.

A pattern of only circles.

A pattern of squares and circles.

A pattern of alternating triangles and circles.

A pattern of only triangles.

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ellipse

isosceles triangle

scalene triangle

There is one line of symmetry in a square.

There are four lines of symmetry in a square.

There are two lines of symmetry in a square.

There are eight lines of symmetry in a square.

Vertical symmetry is symmetry along a vertical axis; horizontal symmetry is symmetry along a horizontal axis.

Horizontal symmetry is symmetry that only applies to circles.

Vertical symmetry refers to symmetry in three-dimensional objects.

Vertical symmetry is symmetry along a diagonal axis.

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