Question

true or false: lipids generally love water
true
false
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Explanation:

Lipids are hydrophobic. This means they repel water. They have non - polar regions (such as long hydrocarbon chains in fats) which do not interact favorably with the polar water molecules. Hydrophilic (water - loving) substances have polar or charged groups that can form hydrogen bonds with water. Since lipids lack such groups in general (except for some parts of phospholipids which have a hydrophilic head but overall the lipid structure is dominated by hydrophobic tails), the statement "lipids generally love water" is false.

Answer:

B. FALSE