Question

What is an important characteristic of waxes, and why is this valuable to living things?

Answer 1

Waxes are considered to be important to living things, because waxes are a type of lipid. Lipids are energy stored within our body, somewhat like a storage of energy. Lipids, consists of other substances, such as oil, fats and the likes. Lipids store energy, for the cells to consume whenever they need it.