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True or false the secretion of the string of silk worm forms the silks fibers

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Answered by thewordlycreature
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Yes, the secretion of the string of silk worm forms the silks fibers.

Silk is produced by the silkworm, Bombyx mori. Fed on mulberry leaves, it produces liquid silk that hardens into filaments to form its cocoon. The larva is then killed, and heat is used to soften the hardened filaments so they can be unwound. Single filaments are combined with a slight twist into one strand, a process known as filature or "silk reeling".

Answered by Sidyandex
22

True.

The secretion of the string of silkworm does form the silks fibres.

The formation of the silk fibres is a long process.

At one stage, the silk moth eggs hatch to form larvae or caterpillars, called silkworms.

They feed themselves on mulberry leaves. Grown and moulted several times, the silkworm extrudes a silk fibre.


It then forms a net to hold itself.

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