Spider Silk Reading Answers

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Solution for Spider Silk 

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Answer Table

1. True	4. True
2. True	5. Not Given
3. False

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Passage 

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Answer the questions 1-5 based on the below passage.

Spider Silk

Spider silk is not a single or unique material. Different species of spiders make many kinds of silk. Some possess nearly 7 distinct types of glands, each of which produces different silk.

Why are there so many types of silk? Each type of silk has a different role. All spiders make dragline silk that works as a lifeline, allowing the creatures to hang from ceilings. It serves as a constant connection to the web, to make quick escapes from attacks. Radial spokes of the web are formed by dragline silk. The first strand by which the web hangs from its support is made by the bridge line silk; yet another silk forms the great spiral.

Each type of silk has different and unique physical properties like strength and elasticity. Compared to other synthetic and natural materials, all the types of silk are very strong. Dragline silk has a high degree of  toughness and strength. A strand of dragline silk is many times stronger than steel, on a weight-for-weight basis, but a spider’s dragline is only about 1/10th the diameter of a human hair. The Spider-Man movie underestimates the strength of silk drastically. The real dragline silk would not need to be as thick as the web deployed by Spiderman in the movie.

Dragline silk is a composite substance that consists of 2 distinct proteins, each having 3 types of regions with distinct properties. One of these makes an amorphous (non-crystalline) matrix that can be stretched, giving the silk elasticity. When an insect falls on the web, the matrix stretches enabling  the web to absorb the kinetic energy of the insect’s flight. Two types of crystalline regions are embedded in the amorphous portions of both proteins that toughens the silk. Both types of crystalline regions are tightly pleated and resist stretching but one of them is rigid.The less rigid crystals' pleats are thought to not only fit into the rigid crystals' pleats, but also interact with the amorphous portions of the proteins, anchoring the rigid crystals to the matrix. The resulting composite is strong, tough, and yet elastic. 

Questions 1-5 

Do the following statements agree with the information given in the reading passage?

Write
TRUE, if the statement agrees with the information
FALSE,if the statement contradicts the information
NOT GIVEN, if there is no information on this in the passage

1. Spiders have nearly 7 glands that produce silk.
2. Silk allows spiders to hang from ceilings and escape from attacks.
3. The silk produced has very less toughness and strength.
4. A spider’s dragline is only about 1/10th the diameter of a human hair.
5. Spider’s silk can be used to make clothes.

Answers for Spider Silk With Explanations

Check out Spider Silk Reading Answers With Explanations provided below. 

1.Answer: True
Explanation: Some possess nearly 7 distinct types of glands, each of which produces different silk.

2.Answer: True
Explanation: All spiders make dragline silk that works as a lifeline, allowing the creatures to hang from ceilings. It serves as a constant connection to the web, to make quick escapes from attacks.

3.Answer: False
Explanation: Dragline silk has a high degree of  toughness and strength.

4.Answer: True
Explanation: A spider’s dragline is only about 1/10th the diameter of a human hair.

5.Answer: Not given
Explanation: There is no information on this in the passage.

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