october 14 -20. idiom, novel quiz, 3 a and 3b test, 4a text
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IECPFall 2013
Nikki Mattson
Pg. 60 – “Before You Read” and Part A
Questions1)Why does the speaker mention the spider and beetle examples?2)How is nature “like a catalog of products”?3)Why does the speaker mention the greenhouse building project?
Biomimetic Video
What is Biomimetics?
pg. 61, line 15 – The thorny devil can also do this when standing on damp sand – a _______competitive
advantage in the desert.
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Pg. 61, line 17 – Parker had come to solve the_______of precisely how it does this…
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Pg. 61, line 19 - …to make a_______to help people collect water in the desert.
Pg. 61, line 38 – Parker sent his observations and experimental results to…two __________.
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Pg. 61, line 45 – This combination of biological ______ and engineering pragmatism is vital to success in biomimetics.
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Pg. 62, line 95 - …Fearing is confident that over time he will close the ________ between nature and human
engineering.
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pg. 62, line 105 – Cutkosky studied the extremely small structures on the gecko’s feet that allow it to run up and
down ______walls…
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Pg. 63, line 135 – For the present, engineers cannot hope to _______ it.
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Pg. 63, line 136 – _________, the gap with nature is gradually closing.
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Pg. 63, line 136 - …the gap with nature is _______ closing.
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