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cellulose is the strong substance that makes up cell walls.

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The substance that strengthens and waterproofs cell walls is?

The substance that strengthens and waterproofs cell walls is called lignin. Lignin is a complex polymer that provides structural support to plant cells and helps to make the cell walls rigid and impermeable to water.


What organelle provides the energy for the cell wall?

Plant cells have mitochondria just as animals cells do. These provide the energy for the production of cell walls.Cellulose is the substance that makes up most of a plant's cell walls. Plant cells make their own carbohydrates that they use for energy and to build their cell wall.


A scientist has analyzed the chemicals that make of sample of an unknown substance Which chemicals would be the best indicator that the unknown substance is a plant?

Cellulose and starch


How do you make cell walls bigger?

You actually can't, but if you have maybe, fatty skin or fatty tissue then the cell walls are bound to get bigger.


What helps make cell walls hard?

Carbohydrates and Proteins


Does lignin make cell walls stronger or weaker?

stronger


What material make up plant cell walls?

cellulose


What are cell walls made up of?

If you are referring to plant cell walls, then they are made up of primarily cellulose and carbohydrates. Even though carbohydrates do make up cell walls in plants, cellulose (a polymer of glucose {consists of many glucose molecules}) is the primary structural component of a plant cell wall.


What was the substance called that peasants used to make there house walls out of?

Mud, stone and thatching.


What material is used to make cell walls of plant cells?

Cellulose


What is a bacterial genus that has waxy mycolic acid in the cell walls?

Mycobacterium is a bacterial genus that has waxy mycolic acid in the cell walls. This acid helps make the cell walls impermeable to many substances, contributing to the resistance of the bacterial cells.


What are two characteristics of chitin?

Chitin is a tough, flexible polysaccharide that provides structure and support in the exoskeletons of arthropods and the cell walls of fungi. It is biodegradable and has antimicrobial properties, making it a valuable material in various applications such as wound healing and agriculture.