Biomimicry🐦✈️
What is biomimicry?
Copying structures or systems from nature
What object appears melting in Dalí's painting?(200 bonus points: what inspired the idea?)
Watches
(Bonus: watching cheese melt)
What happened to many former slaves after slavery ended?
They remained and later bought the land
What do worker bees collect?
Nectar and pollen
How is a moonbow different from a normal rainbow?
It is formed by moonlight instead of sunlight
What animals inspired early airplane inventors?
Birds
What psychological concept heavily influenced Surrealism?
The unconscious mind
In which U.S. state is Gee's Bend located?
Alabama
What are male bees called?
Drones
What transportation project helped tourism grow?
The railway extension
a mountain hike with a dog
Why did Dada artists create absurd works?
To protest the cruelty of World War I
Why did women originally make quilts, and what materials were commonly used in quilts?
To keep warm during winter.
They used recycling clothing scraps
What type of worker bee finds food sources first?
Scout bees
Why is Victoria Falls considered one of the world's largest waterfalls?
Because of its combination of height and width
What larger lesson does the passage suggest about nature?
Nature can be a model for solving complex human challenges
What makes the objects in Dalí's painting surreal?
They are realistic objects but arranged in impossible/dreamlike ways
What event led to national recognition in the 1990s?
An art collector saw a photograph of a quilt
name two different types of dances and when they are used for
The round dance- used for nearby food
The waggle dance- when food is more than 75 meters away
What river is Victoria Falls located on?
The Zambezi River
What human problem was solved by studying termite mounds?
Cooling buildings efficiently
What feeling of modern life do the painting's dreamlike elements represent?
Alienation
The history of Gee's Bend quilts best illustrates how necessity can lead to what?
Artistic innovation and cultural preservation.
If a bee moves straight upward during the waggle dance, what does it mean?
Fly directly toward the sun
In what year did tourism begin to grow significantly at Victoria Falls?
1905