Take It From Nature by Brenda Iasevoli

Magazine: Time for Kids
Edition: 3-4, Vol. 6, No. 22
Date: April 22, 2016
Article: Take It From Nature
Author:  Brenda Iasevoli
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Answer Key
1. Eiji Nakatsu suggested that Japan's bullet train's nose be modeled after the kingfisher.
2. No, the train's nose did not increase the boom.
3. The train travels 10% faster.
4. The train uses less electricity at about 15%.
5. Biomimicry is the science of nature-inspired inventions.
6. Bio means life.
7. Mimic means "to imitate."
8. Janine Benyus co-founded the Biomimicry Institute in 2006.
9. Biomimicry Institute "works with companies that want to use nature's best ideas to invent new products."
10. Thousands of plant and animal species go extinct each year.
11. Beth Rattner said, "the more we learn from nature, the more we'll want to protect it."
12. Scientist copied the hairs on the gecko's feet to make super strong tape.
13. Bugs are a cheap and nutritious food source.
14. Students from Thailand designed the "Jube."
15. The Jube is modeled after the pitcher plant.
16. The pitcher plant works by attracting bugs with fragrant nectar and traps the bugs inside.
17. A mosquito is a bite that is almost painless.


Reference
http://labs.blogs.com/its_alive_in_the_lab/2012/04/biomimicry-japanese-train.html
http://ben.biomimicry.net/examples/2012/eiji-nakatsu-and-the-shinkansen-bullet-train/
https://biomimicry.org/
http://biomimicry.net/about/our-people/founders/
https://biomimicry.org/team/#.VzYcNyMrLJw
http://web.patthai.org/projects/Innovative_prototype/jube.html