The water repellant properties of waxes is very useful in the leaves of some plants, in the feathers of birds and also in cuticle of insects. Waxes in plant leaves reduce the amount of water that is lost by the leaves. The wax that is present in the birds' feather prevent them from getting wet with water.
Answer:
Group 1 - Alkali metals; Group 4 - Elemental Properties
Explanation:
The elements in Group 1 are called Alkali metals and those are: Lithium, Potassium, Rubidium, Celsium, Francium and Sodium and the elements in Group 4 are called: Titanium, Hafnium, Zirconium and Rutherfoundium.
It's important that group 4 has no trivial name like the group 1 does, it belongs to the grouping of <em>transition metals </em>and those metals have several general properties. They are found in the middle of the periodic table.
Answer:
They are propogated down the length of the dendrite