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Housatonic River Unit

 

The Shape of Things – Video Worksheet

 

Name the six basic geometric shapes found in nature, and give an example of each:

1)                           ________________ Ex.                              ________________

2)                           ________________ Ex.                              ________________

 

3)                           ________________ Ex.                              ________________

4)                           ________________ Ex.                              ________________

5)                           ________________ Ex.                              ________________

6)                           ________________ Ex.                              ________________

7) Bonded ice molecules form what geometric shape?              ________________
 
8) Snowflakes have the basic form of a                        ______________________.

9) What two factors effect the shape of a snowflake?

a)                        ____________________ b)                               ______________

10) Small drops of water are almost perfect                   _____________________.

11) What architectural construction design is taken from the shape of an eggshell?

 

                ____________________________

12) How many crowded bubbles share a common meeting point?        __________

13) What shape is formed, on top of the water, by a rowers oar?                 _______

14) In nature, what creature is a spiral of mathematical precision?                 _____

15) What shape is formed, just below the waters surface, by a rowers oar?

 

                ____________________________

16) What shape is formed by the DNA molecule?                   _________________

17) A river seldom travels straight for a distance of  ?  _ times its width. ________

18) Name the four different structural branching patterns and give a type of plant where it may be seen.   

    a)                           ________________ Ex.                              ________________

    b)                           ________________ Ex.                              ________________

    c)                           ________________ Ex.                              ________________

    d)                           ________________ Ex.                              ________________

 
19) Wood has a substructure of                           _____________________________.

 

20) A leaf is a microcosm of a                            _____________________________.

 

21) What is the reason for different shaped seedpods?

                                                                                     ________________________

 
22) Living things are layers of                                                        ______________.

 
23) What percent of a mallards weight is made up of his flight muscles?                %

 
24) The bones of birds are                                             _______________________.

 
25) Down feathers make excellent                                                    _____________.