Biomimicry
Engineering
Electricity
Plants
Riddles
100

Define biomimicry

What is copying designs in nature using technology for human use?

100

Someone who works to identify problems and create their solutions?

What is an engineer?

100

A battery is also known as?

What is a power source?

100

Name some seeds

(answers may vary)

-Sunflower seeds

-Watermelon seeds

-Beans

-Pumpkin seeds

100

I keep you on the ground, lest things begin to float around.

What is gravity?

200

What were some birds that helped inspire flight designs?

(answers may vary)

-owls (Leonardo Da Vinci)

-pigeons (the Wright Brothers)

-eagles (Abbas Ibn-Al Firnas)

200

The 3 questions engineers MUST ask

What are:

1. What is the problem?

2. Who is affected by it?

3. Why is it important to fix the issue?

200

An electric path is also known as?

What is a circuit?

200

What are some materials plants need to grow? (List a few)

-Water

-Soil

-Sunlight

-Good temperatures

200

I can be hot, I can be cold, I can run, and I can be still, I can be hard, I can be soft, and I am all of these at once.

What is water?

300

The inspiration for velcro?

What is the hook pattern on burrs that allows them to attach to surfaces?

300

List some types of engineering

(answers may vary)

-civil engineers

-aerospace engineers

-electrical engineers

-mechanical engineers

-software engineers

300

The two parts of a power source are?

What are positive and negative terminals?

300

The 3 parts of a seed.

What are the embryo, endosperm, and seed coat?

300

Anyone can hold me, even without their hands, yet do it too long, and it shall be their last act.

What is your breath?

400

How did the Japanese bullet train use biomimicry to improve its design?

(answers may vary)

-kingfisher's snout
-penguins' sloped "belly"

400

List 2 steps in the engineering design process (EDP)?

(answers may vary)


1. ask

2. brainstorm

3. plan

4. create

5. test and analyze

6. improve

7. communicate


400
In what direction does electricity flow?

What is the negative terminal?

400

The process where a plant grows from a seed to a seedling.

What is germination?

400

I touch your face, I am in your words, I am the lack of space that is beloved by birds. 

What is air?

500

How do sharks and geckos swim and climb with such efficiency?

Their scales/skin has parts that overlap/interconnect, providing greater strength and resistance.

500

What is a famous example of CIVIL engineering?

What is the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California? (students can explain the scenario)

500

How does a switch function in a circuit?

(answers may vary) incompletes the circuit/cuts off flow of electrons

500

The name of the study of plants.

What is botany?

500

Born in the oceans of the world, I am white as snow, when I return to my home, I am invisible to all of those whom I know.

What is salt?

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