I'd say you're correct, it is D.
The caterpillar would eat leaves off the tree, leaves that are necessary for keeping the tree oxygenated.
This tissue is called connective tissue.
It is made up of cells and an extracellular matrix composed of fibers in a fine polysacharide and protein mesh.
Connective tissue fills up spaces found between organs and tissues and provides both structural and metabolic support for other different tissues and organs.
The major functions of connective tissue are
a) Binding and support
b) Insulation
c) transportation
d) Protection
Examples of connective tissue are:
1. Adipose tissue
2. Cartilage
3. Bone (osseous tissue)
4. Blood
5. Reticular tissue
6. Areolar tissue.
Answer:
a. allow a variety of molecules to cross the cytoplasmic membrane
Explanation:
The cells have different molecules in its membrane. As a membrane the main function of it is to regulate the income and outcome of substances that the cell needs or the cell has like some wastes.
Some of these molecules can be some proteins like the permeases, that is going to regulate the solutes that can enter the cell, but since they are non specific, that means that can not make the difference among one carbohydrate and another (as an example).
