Geometry Scavenger Hunt

1. Geometry Scavenger Hunt Neema Patel Emily Johns Sarah Fauvelle Joey Kirkland

2. Point The geometric figure formed at the intersection of two distinctlines. A point can be represented in 2D space as a a pair of numbers, one for each of the x and y axis: Textbook Natural Man made

3. Parallel Lines Two distinctcoplanarlines that do not intersect. Man made Natural Textbook

4. Pythagorean Triple A set of three positiveintegers which satisfies the Pythagorean theorema2 + b2 = c2. Natural Man made Textbook

5. Fractal A figure that is self-similar. That is, no matter how far you zoom in on the figure, the portion you look at is similar to the original figure. Man made Natural Textbook

6. Oval An egg-shaped curve. Textbook Man made Natural

7. Congruent Items Exactly equal in size and shape. Congruent sides or segments have the exact same length. Congruent angles have the exact same measure. Textbook Natural Man made

8. Ray A part of a line starting at a particular point and extending infinitely in one direction. Textbook Man made Natural

9. Pentagon A polygon with five sides Natural Man made Textbook

10. References forPoint, Parallel Lines, Pythagorean Triple,Fractal, Oval, Congruent Items, Ray and Pentagon • http://www.cim.mcgill.ca/~pdimit/illusions/Optical_Illusions.html (parallel lines) • http://www.regnatarajan.com/Photos/Forms/AllItems.aspx?RootFolder=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2eregnatarajan%2ecom%2fPhotos%2fPlaces%2fLA (parallel lines) • http://www.miqel.com/sitemap.html (fractal) • http://liberalarts.iupui.edu/~wijackso/tempfrac/ (fractal) • http://www.spotstop.com/default.asp?newsID=98 (oval) • http://cropandsoil.oregonstate.edu/weeds/Bull_thistle/biology.html (oval) • http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/photos/kenya/002.html (congruent) • http://emsh.calarts.edu/~mathart/sw/klein/Klein.html (congruent) • http://www.williams.edu/Astronomy/eclipse/ (ray) • http://universal-hologram.com/events.htm (rays) • http://www.texascooking.com/features/may2003okrarecipes.htm (pentagon) • http://bestsoccerbuys.com/free-soccer-ball.html (pentagon) • http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/2151/math2d.html (point definition) • http://users.erols.com/sjfeld/nyc/point.htm (point) • http://www.primidi.com/2005/01/09.html (point) • http://peeron.com/inv/sets/7143-1 (pythagorean triple) • http://www.saunalahti.fi/~veizrail/pics/kittens/ (pythagorean triple) • http://www.mathwords.com/ (all definitions and textbook pictures)

11. Ellipse Man made • For two given points, the foci, an ellipse is the locus of points such that the sum of the distance to each focus is constant. Natural Definition: http://www.mathwords.com/e/ellipse.htm Images: www.2dcurves.com/.../ tychobraheplanetarium.gif, www.mnba.qc.ca/ellipse/ images/cover_02_01.jpg

12. Prism Man made • A solid with parallelcongruentbases which are both polygons. The bases must be oriented identically. The lateral faces of a prism are all parallelograms or rectangles. Natural Definition: http://www.mathwords.com/p/prism.htm Images: www.scienceline.net, www.pitt.edu/.../Quartz/ QuartzCrystalSml.jpg

13. Line Man made • The geometric figure formed by two points. A line is the straight path connecting two points and extending beyond the points in both directions. Natural Defintion: http://www.mathwords.com/l/line.htm Images: man made- www.freefoto.com, natural- digital image by Emily Johns

14. Transversal Man made • A line that cuts across a set of lines or the sides of a plane figure. Transversals often cut across parallel lines. Natural Definition: http://www.mathwords.com/l/line.htm Images: http://ameenimages.canalblog.com/transversal.jpg, natural- digital image by Emily Johns

15. Sphere Man made • A three dimensionalsolid consisting of all points equidistant from a given point. This point is the center of the sphere. Note: All cross-sections of a sphere are circles. Natural Definition: http://www.mathwords.com/s/sphere.htm Images: http://planetpixelemporium.com/images/fullsize/earth.jpg http://www.zuma-beads.com/beads/cloisonne/24mmround.jpg

16. Similar Items Man made • Identical in shape, although not necessarily the same size. Natural Definition: http://www.mathwords.com/s/similar.htm Digital images taken by Emily Johns

17. Quadrilateral Man made • A polygon with four sides. Natural Definition: http://www.mathwords.com/q/quadrilateral.htm Man madel image taken by Emily Johns, natural image: www.minusime.com/ content/film/rocks.jpg

18. Cylinder Man made • A three-dimensionalgeometric figure with parallelcongruentbases. The bases can be shaped like any closed plane figure (not necessarily a circle) and must be oriented identically. Natural Definition: http://www.mathwords.com/c/cylinder.htm Images: man made- digital image by Emily Johns, natural- http://waynesword.palomar.edu/images/phyviv1b.jpg

19. Intersecting Lines • Two different lines that contain exactly one point in common. Textbook Manmade Natural

20. Angle • The space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians. Textbook Nature Manmade

21. Chord • A straight line connecting two points on a curve. Textbook Manmade Nature

22. Tangent Line • A line sharing a common point with a curve or surface and being the closest linear approximation of the curve or surface at that point. Textbook Nature Manmade

23. Plane A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions. Textbook Nature Manmade- portion of a plane.

24. Triangle A triangle is one of the basic shapes of geometry: a two-dimensional figure with three vertices and three sides which are straight line segments. Textbook Nature Manmade

25. Circle A curved planar figure, all points of which are the same distance from a fixed point called the center. Textbook Nature Manmade

26. Cube A geometric box with six equal sides . Textbook Manmade Nature

27. www.msnucleus.org/membership/html/k-6/rc/dictionary/rcdict.htmlwww.msnucleus.org/membership/html/k-6/rc/dictionary/rcdict.html http://www.fchorsens.dk/slogo/cube%20frtilagt.gif www.pballew.net http://www.stonev.com/products/photo/hot_cubestone02.jpg http://environnement.ecoles.free.fr/images/orange_MVC-241S.jpg www.comsci.us/gr/notes2/glossary.html http://www.thayerconsulting.com/implementation.html home.blarg.net en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle http://www.euclidraw.com/Eng_fls/EUC_htmls/QuickStart.html http://www.beneath.co.uk/dune/dune-triangle.jpg http://fp.ymv13.plus.com/Spider%20&%20Web.jpg http://www.math.toronto.edu/jjchew/images/wallpaper/ www.wtvl.net/honda/glossarypre.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plane_(mathematics) http://www.sbac.edu/~tpl/clipart/Education/notebook%20paper.jpg http://www.answers.com/topic/tangent-1 www.iste.uni-stuttgart.de jwilson.coe.uga.edu http://www.inra.fr/Internet/Produits/HYP3/images/6037442.jpg www.washingtonhikes.com www.grc.nasa.gov images.rbs.org/appendices/d_glossary_geometric.shtml http://www.stulzphoto.com/more_aerials.htm wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn www.bluffton.edu www.yourdictionary.com www.laserexcellence.com wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn hrd.ham-radio.ch/ CD%20label.gif www.whurst.net References forIntersecting Lines, Angle, Chord, Tangent Line, Plane, Triangle, Circle, Cube

28. Square • A rectangle with all four sides of equal length. Formally, a square is a quadrilateral with four congruent sides and four congruent angles (all 90°). Man made Natural Definition: http://www.mathwords.com/s/square.htm Images: textbook square- http://www.mathwords.com/s/s_assets/square.gif natural- picture taken by Joseph Kirkland at the Katy Outdoor Learning Center man made- http://www.conservastore.com/productimages/02-0181.jpg

29. Cone • A three dimensionalfigure with a single base tapering to an apex. The base can be any simple closed curve. Often the word cone refers to a right circular cone. Natural Man made Definition: http://www.mathwords.com/c/cone.htm Images: textbook cone- http://www.mathwords.com/c/c_assets/c122.gif natural- http://www.snowkisttrees.com/images/tree_balsam_fur.jpg man made- http://www.capcityequipment.com/miscinventorypics/0044-cone28.JPG

30. Parabola • A u-shaped curve with certain specific properties. Formally, a parabola is defined as follows: For a given point, called the focus, and a given line not through the focus, called the directrix, a parabola is the locus of points such that the distance to the focus equals the distance to the directrix. Natural Man made Definition: http://www.mathwords.com/p/parabola.htm Images: textbook- http://www.mathwords.com/p/p_assets/p3.gif natural- http://www.spawar.navy.mil/sandiego/technology/mammals/Images_animals/4053p.jpg man made- http://www.adam-hart-davis.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/images/ping-pong2sml.jpg

31. Arc • A connected section of the circumference of a circle Man made Natural Definition: http://www.mathwords.com/a/arc_circle.htm Images: textbook- http://www.mathwords.com/a/a_assets/arc.gif natural- picture taken by Joseph Kirkland at the Katy Outdoor Learning Center man made- http://www.coh.arizona.edu/classics/inst/latin400/latin400images/Inscriptionsjpg/ArchTitus.jpg

32. Pyramid • A polyhedron with a polygonalbase and lateral faces that taper to an apex. A pyramid with a triangular base is called a tetrahedron. Man made Natural Definition: http://www.mathwords.com/p/pyramid.htm Images: textbook- http://www.mathwords.com/r/r_assets/right%20pyramid%20square%20base%20solid.gif natural- http://www.danielasutton.co.uk/Types_of_crystal_formation.htm man made- http://www.sportstravel.com/images/elements/21/Luxor.jpg

33. Parallel Lines cut by a perpendicular transversal • Two distinctcoplanarlines that do not intersect. Note: Parallel lines have the same slope who are cut by a line at a 90° angle. Note: Perpendicular lines have slopes that are negative reciprocals Natural Man made Definition: derrived from http://www.mathwords.com/p/parallel_lines.htm and http://www.mathwords.com/p/perpendicular.htm Images: textbook- created from PowerPoint auto shapes natural- http://cars.er.usgs.gov/pics/db_alligator0271.jpg man made- http://www.albinotricolors.com/images/empty%20baby%20shelves.jpg

34. Parallel Lines cut by a non-perpendicular transversal • A line that cuts across a set of lines or the sides of a plane figure. Transversals often cut across parallel lines. Natural Man made Definition: http://www.mathwords.com/t/transversal.htm Images: textbook- http://www.mathwords.com/t/t_assets/transversal%20parallel%20lines%20unlabeled.gif natural- http://animals.m0.timduru.org/view/snake,MilkSnake_01.jpg man made- http://www.grenzenlosefreiheit.de/img/geneva/fence_m.jpg