NNAT Mirror Images and Rotations

Question 1

When a figure is reflected in a vertical mirror, which aspect changes?

Accepted Answer

Left and right are reversed

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Top and bottom are reversed

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Size changes

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Color changes

Question 2

A letter F is rotated 180 degrees. What does it look like?

Accepted Answer

An upside-down and backwards F

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The same F

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A mirror image F

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The letter E

Question 3

How do you distinguish between a rotation and a reflection of a figure?

Accepted Answer

A rotation preserves the same orientation (handedness); a reflection reverses it

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They produce identical results

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Rotations change size; reflections do not

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Reflections only work on symmetrical figures

Question 4

If a triangle pointing right is rotated 90 degrees clockwise, which direction does it point?

Accepted Answer

Down

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Left

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Up

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Right

Question 5

A figure has rotational symmetry of order 4. What does this mean?

Accepted Answer

It looks the same after rotations of 90, 180, 270, and 360 degrees

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It has 4 sides

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It can only be rotated 4 times

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It has 4 colors

Question 6

Two figures appear identical except one is a mirror image. In a matching exercise, how do you identify the reflection?

Accepted Answer

Check if any asymmetric features are reversed — text, directional elements, or unique markings

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They are the same if they look similar

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Count the number of sides

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Measure the sizes