* There are 3 major types of these in plants.
_____is the outer layer used for protection.
______is the type that transports substances around the plant.
_______makes or stores energy.
(2) We learned that there are 4 major biological molecules that make up the cells of living things
* Most of these biological molecules are made up of long chains called ______
* Each individual building blocks of these long chains are called _______
* For example, starches (carbohydrates) are long chains. The specific individual building blocks of many types of starches are _____
(3) You are trying to invent a natural waterproofing material derived from a plant (won’t mix with water). Which part of the plant would likely be the most useful? A part of the plant that is:
a. Full of carbohydrates
* b. Full of lipids
* c. Full of DNA
* d. Full of proteins
e. Full of amino acids
(4)
* Imagine you’re trying to make a jam/jelly to fill a pie. You follow the directions perfectly, but the pie filling is too runny (liquidy). To thicken it, you could add in some _____. Which is naturally made in the cell wall of some fruits.
* We learned that if your remove ____ from wood, it looks like toilet paper and loses its strength.
*
(5) Imagine you add 1 drop of blue food coloring to a glass of water.
* Over time, the blue food coloring spreads out. We learned that this process is called____.
* Eventually, this process stops and the dye is evenly spread out. At this point, we say that _____ is reached.
