Q: What word describes a molecule that repels polar water?


Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:

The other end of each phospholipid molecule is nonpolar and has no electric charge. This end of the phospholipid molecule repels polar water and is described as hydrophobic, or “water hating. ”.

 Choices:

- monophobic

- hydrophonic

- soluble

- hydrophobic


A:
hydrophobic