Answer:

Six.

Snowflake

Here is a drawing of a snowflake. It has six lines radiating from a center. This might do for a snowflake if it was one of hundreds in the background of a picture. But by itself it is not very interesting.

But it is easy to draw. Let us call this picture a "star".

QUESTION 10:

How can you improve the snowflake by re-using the star pattern?