Answer the following questions on your blog in complete sentences and in your own words:
1. What is biomimicry?
Imitating Life.
2. Why are termites a great subject for biomimicry research?
Termites have enzymes taht could make fuel from parts of plants that are not being eaten by us.
3. What is an enzyme? What is a catalyst?
Catalyst is something that speeds up a process. Enzyme is a Catalyst of breaking down food.
4. What is cellulosic material?
Is a part of a plant that we do not eat.
5. Why would cellulosic ethanol be more sustainable and efficient than biofuels using corn or sugar cane?
Because instead of wasting the part of the plant that we dont eat, we can use it as fuel if the termites eat it (which produces ethonal.)
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