Chapter 1 ?'s
What is the name of the science where designs are developed from designs in nature?
Biomimicry.
Bacterial micro motors use this rapidly spinning filament to move around through liquids.
What is a flagellum?
Which insect is named in the Bible verse Exodus 10:4?
Locusts
True or false: the Bombadier beetle fires a jet of hot, vaporized fluid at temperatures of boiling water (100* C or 212* F) out of two rear nozzles that can face almost any direction.
True!
Wind power, water power, and fossil fuels are all forms of this type of energy.
Solar energy.
How do many microscopic life forms propel themselves through liquids?
Using micro motors.
This bacterium (Rhodoferax ferrireducens) resides in marine sediments and produces an electrical current after feeding on these simple things.
What are simple sugars?
When it comes to ants, what determines the overall group behavior?
Countless interactions between nearby ants.
Cosmetic companies are mimicking the iridescent beauty of butterfly wings by inserting tiny flecks of these two substances into eye shadow, lipstick, nail polish, and mascara. (Name one.)
Mica or silica.
What gas did our spinach leaves produce in photosynthesis that made them float in our "Floating Disks Lab"?
Oxygen
What are bacterial batteries?
Energy producing microorganisms?
What type of underwater plant is where biofilms were first found?
Seaweed.
Where are several species of brilliant white beetles found?
Southeast Asia.
The forward speed of a dragonfly can reach how many miles per hour?
40 mph.
The typical 1500 rpm of a household fan is how many times slower than a molecular motor?
60 times slower.
What is an example of biofilms helping to block invading foreign bacteria?
Protecting animals like cattle and dogs from cholera infection (or biofilms added to paint to prevent barnacles from attaching to the surface of boats).
Name two shapes that microscopic, single-celled algae called diatoms come in.
Stars, snowflakes, pyramids, chandeliers,cylinders, or crowns.
What chemical does the bombardier beetle's spray and rocket fuel have in common?
Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2).
What kind of programs are based on the ants ability to communicate through their antennae and shared smells, information on the home base, nest repairs needs, food sources, predators, and much more.
Computer.
King Solomon says to "Go to the ant, o sluggard". He commends three aspects of the ant that the sluggard should mimic. Name two.
The ants diligent work, its ambition, and planning for the future.
What did the author mean by "designer diatoms"?
That are diatoms that researchers hope to encourage growth into new and useful shapes.
Researchers have succeeded in fabricating small solar cells using this type of plant protein
Photosynthetic.
What is the process called that cosmetic companies are using to mimic the light wave properties of butterflies and to replace the use of pigments, dyes, waxes, and oils?
The butterfly effect.
The Asian Beetle is remarkable because of the tiny, translucent surface scales of chitin that reflects incoming light in all directions and all visible w__________ of light?
Wavelengths.
What is the name of the part of the human eye that cannot see detail but helps us have better low light and night vision?
Rods