Question

2. Which is NOT a necessary characteristic of a tessellation?

O repeating pattern
O congruent shapes
Ono gaps or overlaps
O creating your own shape

Answer 1

Explanation:

Creating your own shape is NOT a necessary characteristic of a tessellation. A tessellation is a repeating pattern of congruent shapes without gaps or overlaps. The shapes used in a tessellation can be any regular or irregular polygon, but they must be congruent to each other. Creating your own shape would result in a non-congruent shape and therefore would not meet the definition of a tessellation.

Answer 2

The answer would be D. Tessellation involves tiling and is a display of shapes fitted together on a surface, which means that tessellation does not only compose of one shape. It has to have a repeating pattern with no gaps. That can be achieved with a variety of shapes.