What is another name for jellyfish?
Sea jellies
How has the humpback whale inspired technology?
The structure of it’s flippers inspired wind turbine technology
Give an example of biomimicry
The burr plant inspired Velcro, Humpback whales inspired efficiency of wind turbines, Many animals that can adapt o its surroundings has inspired camouflage
What are ‘turbercles’?
Bumps on a humpback whales flippers.
What is an ‘archaeologist’?
a person who studies human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains.
Give 2 examples of a man-made structure.
Eiffel Tower, Landmark 81, Easter Island/Rapa Nui Moai, Hoover Dam, etc.
Why are coral reefs important?
Reefs create jobs in the fishing industry, they supply us with food, they protect our coasts from erosion
Name four adjectives to describe the Moai statues
Beautiful, huge, massive, big, mysterious, old, interesting, hard, rocky, amazing, etc.
The ‘drag’ on something makes it move more…
Slowly
Give 4 examples of natural disasters
Hurricane, tornado, flood, drought, earthquake, tsunami, avalanche, blizzard
A country’s population is the number of…there
People
King crabs sometimes have red, blue or brown…
Shells
What does ‘man-made’ mean?
It means it was designed and built by humans.
What is the horn on a narwhals head called?
Tusk
Define ‘abandoned’
Having been deserted/ Left behind/ forsaken
Where were the Mayan civilisation located?
In the rain forests of Central America
Name a synonym for the word ‘ancient’
Old
The dugong is sometimes called a….
Sea cow
What is a group of jellyfish called?
Blooms
What is the meaning of the phrase “becoming extinct”?
To die out/Cease to exist
Name the opposite of the word ‘ancient’
Modern/Contemporary~new
What is biomimicry?
The science of copying designs from nature in human engineering and invention