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Grade-10
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Question

The head of phospholipid is ______.

  1. Hydrophilic
  2. Hydrophobic
  3. Hydrophilic and hydrophobic
  4. Neutral

hintHint:

The head of the phospholipid bilayer is hydrophilic.

The correct answer is: Hydrophilic


    • The phospholipid bilayer is made up of a hydrophilic head and a hydrophobic tail.
    • The Hydrophilic and hydrophobic nature of the plasma membrane makes it semi-permeable.

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