Biomimicry and Engineering Quiz

What does the term 'biomimicry' mean?

• Mimicking life

• Building structures

• Creating new designs

• Studying organisms

What is the role of an engineer?

• To study organisms

• To imitate life

• To design new solutions

• To mimic structures

What does the term 'survive' mean?

• To stay alive

• To hunt for food

• To adapt

• To reproduce

What does 'non-adaptive' mean for an organism?

• Hunting for food

• Making it harder to survive

• Making it easier to survive

• Reproducing quickly

the things that engineers think about and test in order to know how well something solves a problem

• criteria

• design

• fossil

• trait

The way something is shaped or what it is made out of that makes it good for a specific function

• survive

• non-adaptive

• structure

• biomimicry

What is a 'predator' in an ecosystem?

• An animal that hunts for food

• An animal that adapts to its environment

• An organism that survives easily

• An organism that reproduces quickly

What is an 'explanation' in science?

• The structure of an organism

• The color of an organism

• The function of an organism

• A description of how something works

What is an 'organism'?

• A nonliving thing

• A function in an environment

• A plant or animal

• A structure in an ecosystem

What does 'reproduce' mean for an organism?

• To mimic life

• To survive in an environment

• To adapt to changes

• To make offspring