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WorksheetsBIOMIMICRY ?!!
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 22mins
Swimwear was influenced by the skin of:
whales
humans
sharks
dolphins
The rough patterns on a shark's skin allows it to swim:
evenly
slower
faster
from side to side
Shark skin doesn't allow:
fungi to form
bacteria to grow on it
salt to build up on it
Daimler Chrysler developed a car based on the shape of a:
eagle
shark
boxfish
falcon
Which of the following is not a example of biomimicry
Using the design of a rattlesnake's rattle to make an alarm
Using a gecko's foot to be able to climb up walls
Copying a bird's wings to make an airplane
Using a bears fur for a rug
Why do we look at existing products when designing? Select all relevant answers.
To copy ideas
To make sure we dont replicate an idea
To inspire new ideas
To learn from the mistakes or faults of previous designs
What problem did the King Fisher Bird help scientist solve?
how to fly an airplane
how to move a train through a tunnel quietly
how to build a home
how to swim fast
What problem did a shark help scientists solve?
how to eat a lot of food
how to fly
how to swim faster
how to make a train go fast
What problem did a burr help scientist to solve?
growing tall like a plant
making things stick together like Velcro
making people swim faster
making a helmet with soft cushions inside
What is biomimicry?
The science of learning from nature to solve problems.
The science of watching birds.
Reading about science.
The science of watching ocean animals.
Examples of biomimicry are? Select all relevant answers.
Sun--sunflowers
Beetles--water collection nets
Birds--high speed trains
Rainbow--sunglasses
The term biomimicry comes from the Greek words bios, meaning life, and mimesis, meaning what?
Mimosa
Memory
Solution
To imitate
Janine Benyus said "Biomimicry is the conscious ___________ of life's genius."
articulation
consideration
emulation
consolidation
Who wrote the Codex on Flight of Birds?
Leonardo di Caprio
Leonardo de Vinci
Leonardo de Ferrero
Leonardo
Who coined the term 'biomimetics'?
Leonardo da Vinci
Otto Schmitt
Joseph Paxton
NASA
Who took inspiration from the fruit of the burr to create Velcro?
George de Mastral
Otto Schmitt
Mike Pearce
Wright brothers
The exterior surface of which fruit was mimicked to design the facade of Esplanade Theater in Singapore?
Banana
Strawberry
Apple
Durian
What is the term associated with the feature of a Lotus leaf?
Superhydration
Superhydrophobicity
Superdurability
Superconnectivity
The bumpy tubercles found on a whale fins were mimicked to design _____________
aeroplanes
cars
wind turbines
wheels
These pores on a leaf was mimicked to create breathable sports clothing fabrics. What is is called?
stomato
stomaton
stomatere
stomatex
Select the three terms associated with understanding the Natural Systems?
Help
Harness
Harvest
Hate
Harmony
What is another term for 'Harness' in Natural systems understanding?
Bio-utilise
Bio-assist
Bio-inspire
Bio-mimic
The aerodynamic shape of the wing of an airplane involves in innovating from which area of mimicking the nature system?
Form
Process
Ecosystem
Function
