Question

soaps, similar to the ones used to wash grease from the pots in your kitchen, are also used to help clean up birds coated in thick layers of oil after oil spills. washing these birds with soap (composed of molecules that can surround nonpolar oil molecules and dissolve those \globs\ in water) can prevent them from dying in the wild. summarize what kind of molecule would be best to clean the oil off of these birds: a molecule that would clean the oil off of birds is one that can dissolve in such a molecule has a tail, which is a long region. this region dissolves in. the molecule will also have a head, which contains an ion that allows the molecule to dissolve in. such molecules are used in everyday items, such as polar nonpolar water oil both water and oil soaps neutral ionic end (polar and hydrophilic) hydrocarbon chain (nonpolar and hydrophobic)

Explanation:

Soap molecules have a non - polar tail (hydrocarbon chain) that dissolves in non - polar oil and a polar head (ionic end) that dissolves in polar water. This dual - solubility property makes them effective at cleaning oil (non - polar) from surfaces (like birds) and then being rinsed away with water (polar).

Answer:

A molecule that would clean the oil off of birds is one that can dissolve in both water and oil. Such a molecule has a nonpolar tail, which is a long hydrocarbon region. This region dissolves in oil. The molecule will also have a polar head, which contains an ion that allows the molecule to dissolve in water. Such molecules are used in everyday items, such as soaps.