Do you feel ready to take the lesson quiz on tessellations. Test your understanding of the concepts presented using the multiple choice questions below. If you get some wrong, make sure to review that material before proceeding to the quiz.
1. Which regular polygon can completely tessellate a plane?
- a regular octagon
- a regular pentagon
- a regular hexagon
- a regular heptagon
Only three regular polygons can tessellate a plane.
Only three regular polygons can tessellate a plane.
Only three regular polygons can tessellate a plane.
Only three regular polygons can tessellate a plane.
2. What is another name for tessellation?
- overlaying
- overlapping
- tiling
- planing
A tessellation kind of reminds you of tiles on floor, doesn’t it?
A tessellation kind of reminds you of tiles on floor, doesn’t it?
A tessellation kind of reminds you of tiles on floor, doesn’t it?
A tessellation kind of reminds you of tiles on floor, doesn’t it?
3. What kinds of transformations were used to map the left bolded pentagons onto the right pentagons?
- a reflection and a dilation
- a rotation and a translation
- a rotation and a dilation
- a translation and a reflection
The left bolded image was rotated around its center and translated to the right.
The left bolded image was rotated around its center and translated to the right.
The left bolded image was rotated around its center and translated to the right.
The left bolded image was rotated around its center and translated to the right.
4. Which is a tessellation?
There are no gaps or overlaps in a tessellation.
There are no gaps or overlaps in a tessellation.
There are no gaps or overlaps in a tessellation.
There are no gaps or overlaps in a tessellation.
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