Here are the answers to the vocabulary and questions in the Crabs and Cars post. I hope you enjoyed the topic - I thought it was fun and thanks to Science Daily for putting up such fantastic little video clips for us to share.
Nimbly
– quick, light and agile in movement or action1
Tricky
– involving snags or difficulties ; requiring caution or
skill2
Strain
– to stretch or force3
Guages
– scales of measurement4
Wiggling
– to move back and forth with irregular movements5
To
set the stage – to make ready for further developments
Common
– ordinary6
1,2,3,4,5,6are
from The Free Dictionary.com
What
is the main theme of this video clip ?
The
study of animal movement witha view to applying it to engineering
projects.
Why
do the scientists want to study animals in particular ?
They
are spectacular performers.
What
sort of surfaces can the animals move through ?
All
kinds of terrain – sand, rocks
In
what two ways are their movements measured ?
-
Ghost Crab – a backpack with strain guages
-
Lizard – high speed camera
What
is the other thing that the physicists are measuring ?
They
are measuring how other different forces impact unstable materials.
Why
are they doing this ?
To
make devices that can better move through the different types of
terrain.
On
what sort of creature is the robot designed by engineers at
Pennsylvania University
based?
The
common cockroach
Do
they know how to design a car based on this technology yet ?
No (not at the time the video clip was made).
In
what way is motion said to be changing ?
One
step at a time !
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