BIOMIMETICS

3. One day a Swiss engineer found many burdock seeds _____ to his dog's fur after they returned from the mountains.
5. Passing through _____ at high speed, the former type of Shinkansen train made a big noise like an explosion.
9. Many scientists and _____ have studied nature to create new products that are useful to us.
11. The noise of a train coming out of a tunnel was caused by air _____. The designers wanted to reduce this noise.
15. So, the scientists _____ it to the design of the bullet train.
16. His discovery of hooks on burdock seeds was used in a new product, which we call "magic _____" in Japan.
17. The new nose design of the Shinkansen _____ in reducing the air resistance that caused the noise as trains passed through tunnels.

1. Producing something by _____ things from nature is called "biomimetics." One example came from the burdock plant.
2. The Series-500 Shinkansen's long-nosed design not only looks _____ but also improves the running performance of the bullet train.
4. Scientists paid attention to the _____ to get inspiration for the new Shinkansen nose design.
6. Then the Swiss engineer took out his microscope and looked more _____ at the burdock seeds.
7. Another example of a clue from nature came from a bird. Have you ever seen the 500-_____ Shinkansen train?
8. The Swiss engineer _____ why the seeds stuck to the dog's fur so easily and were difficult to remove.
10. They thought that the shape of the Kingfisher's long _____ must reduce water resistance.
12. The Kingfisher dives into the water at high speed and catches fish but creates very little water _____.
13. Nature offers us many _____ that can help improve human lives.
14. It was then discovered that the seeds curled at the ends and were _____ onto his dog's fur.