BIOMIMETICS

1. One day a Swiss engineer found many burdock seeds _____ to his dog's fur after they returned from the mountains.
3. His discovery of hooks on burdock seeds was used in a new product, which we call "magic _____" in Japan.
4. They thought that the shape of the Kingfisher's long _____ must reduce water resistance.
6. The new nose design of the Shinkansen _____ in reducing the air resistance that caused the noise as trains passed through tunnels.
8. The Series-500 Shinkansen's long-nosed design not only looks _____ but also improves the running performance of the bullet train.
13. The noise of a train coming out of a tunnel was caused by air _____. The designers wanted to reduce this noise.
14. So, the scientists _____ it to the design of the bullet train.
15. Many scientists and _____ have studied nature to create new products that are useful to us.
16. It was then discovered that the seeds curled at the ends and were _____ onto his dog's fur.

1. Another example of a clue from nature came from a bird. Have you ever seen the 500-_____ Shinkansen train?
2. Then the Swiss engineer took out his microscope and looked more _____ at the burdock seeds.
5. Scientists paid attention to the _____ to get inspiration for the new Shinkansen nose design.
7. Nature offers us many _____ that can help improve human lives.
9. Passing through _____ at high speed, the former type of Shinkansen train made a big noise like an explosion.
10. Producing something by _____ things from nature is called "biomimetics." One example came from the burdock plant.
11. The Swiss engineer _____ why the seeds stuck to the dog's fur so easily and were difficult to remove.
12. The Kingfisher dives into the water at high speed and catches fish but creates very little water _____.