Geometry Scavenger Hunt

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Geometry Scavenger Hunt

• By
• Heather Stein
• Tanya Kmoch
• Karla Teague
• Ashley Farrell

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Cylinder
A three-dimensional figure having two parallel
bases that are congruent circles
Man Made Sculpture _at_ University of Houston
This three-dimensional figure has congruent
circles at each base. The bases
are parallel.
Nature Cullen Park
This three-dimensional plant has two parallel
bases that are congruent circles.
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Parallel Lines cut by a non-perpendicular
transversal
A transversal is a line that intersects a system
of other lines. It is perpendicular when it has
a slope of -1.This creates right angles.
This is a man made example of parallel lines cut
by a non- perpendicular transversal. Picture
taken downtown Houston
This is an example found in nature. Picture
taken in Cullen Park..
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Parallel lines cut by perpendicular transversal
A transversal is a line that intersects a system
of other lines. It is non- perpendicular when it
has any slope other than -1. This creates acute
and obtuse angles.
This is an example of parallel lines that are cut
by a perpendicular transversal found in nature.
This picture was taken in Cullen Park.
This is an example of parallel lines cut by
perpendicular transversal that is man made. This
picture was taken Downtown Houston.
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Polygon
Nature www.serenitycovehome.com
Man Made Inset in a building in downtown
Houston, TX
A closed plane figure bounded by three or more
line segments.
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Sphere
A three-dimensional surface, all points of which
are equidistant from a fixed point.
This is an example of a sphere found in nature.
This picture was taken at University Of Houston.
This is an example of a man made sphere. This
picture was taken Downtown Houston.
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Cone
The surface generated by a straight line, the
generator, passing through a fixed point, the
vertex, and moving along a fixed curve, the
directrix.
This picture is an example of a cone found in
nature.
This is an example of a man made cone.
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Chord and Tangent
Chord - A line segment that joins two points on
a curve.
Tangent - A line, curve, or surface meeting
another line, curve, or surface at a common point
and sharing a common tangent line or tangent
plane at that point.
This is an example of a chord and tangent found
in nature.
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Arc
This is an example of an arc that is man made.
A segment of a circle.
This is an example of an arc found in nature.
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Ellipse
A plane curve, especially A conic section whose
plane is not parallel to the axis, base, or
generatrix of the intersected cone.
This is an example of an ellipse found in nature.
This an example of a ellipse that is man made.
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Similar
Having corresponding angles equal and
corresponding line segments proportional.
Similar objects man made
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Plane
A surface containing all the straight lines that
connect any two points on it.
This is an example of a plane found in nature.
This picture was taken at Cullen Park.
This is an example of a plane that is man made.
This picture was taken at University of Houston.
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Angle
The figure formed by two lines diverging from a
common point.
This is an example of an angle found in nature.
This picture was taken at Cullen Park.
This is an example of angles that are man made.
This picture was taken at Cullen Park.
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Parabola
This is an example of a parabola found in nature.
This picture was taken in Cullen Park.
A plane curve formed by the intersection of a
right circular cone and a plane parallel to an
element of the cone or by the locus of points
equidistant from a fixed line and a fixed point
not on the line.
This is an example of a parabola that is man
made. This picture was taken at University of
Houston.
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Ray
A thin line or narrow beam of light or other
radiant energy. A graphic or other
representation of such a line.
This is an example of a ray found in nature. This
picture was taken at Cullen Park.
This is an example of a ray that is man made.
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Line
A geometric figure formed by a point moving along
a fixed direction and the reverse direction.
This is an example of a line that is man made.
This picture was taken Downtown Houston.
This is an example of a line found in nature.
This picture was taken at Cullen Park.
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Circles that share a common center point, but
have different diameters.
Concentric Circles
Chairs at Reliant Center
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Tesselation
An infinite geometric plane without gaps or
overlaps by congruent plane figures of one type
or a few types.
Floor of the Brown Auditorium _at_ the Museum of
Fine Arts
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Tessellation
A regular tessellation means a tessellation made
up of congruent regular polygons.
Downtown Houston, TX crosswalk.
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Circle
A perfectly round plan figure The set of points
that are equidistant from a special point in the
plane.
images.pravda.ru/img/2003/11/74-freckles.jpg
The womans freckles represent circles
On the pan are some smiley face fries I burnt on
the stove. How many circles can you find?
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Triangle
A polygon having three sides
www.fotosearch.com These triangles are on the tip
of a pheasant's feathers.
This the side of a staircase in a temple in Egypt.
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Intersecting Lines

• Lines that share one or more common points in
  space.

Representing intersecting lines is Stone Hedge.
www.fotosearch.com Representing intersecting
lines in this picture is the branch of a Golden
Hornet.
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Pyramid

• a polyhedron having for its base a polygon and
  for faces triangles with a common vertex

These are Egyptian pyramids.
www.fotosearch.com This mountain is a
representative of a pyramid found in nature.
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Point
A single dot on a surface having no size, only a
position.
P
Two straight lines in a plane meet at a point
www.fotosearch.com There is a point where the
branches meet on this cotton plant.
www.fotosearch.com There is a point where the
intersecting lines meet on the television screen