Patterns in Nature

What is a pattern?

• a pair of numbers that expresses a value less than one

• a set of things that are repeated again and again in a certain order

• a shape that has more than three sides and more than three angles inside

• a number that cannot be divided by two evenly

When we keep putting down more twigs and leaves, we are making a --- pattern.

• zigzag

• repeating

• detailed

• swirling

What does a pattern rule do?

• It describes how things in a pattern are arranged.

• It decides the total number of items in a pattern.

• It removes sections of a pattern.

• It limits how many times a pattern can repeat.

A series of numbers in order is called a ---

• row

• soultion

• sum

• sequence

An object has symmetry when it ---.

• can fit into many different patterns

• is a smaller part to a larger pattern

• has more than two colors

• has the same pattern on both sides