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Drag the terms on the left to the appropriate blanks on the right to complete the sentences. A phospholipid has a "head" made up of a glycerol molecule attached to a single _ which is attached to another small molecule. Phospholipids vary in the small molecules attached to the phosphate group. The phospholipid shown in figure has a _ attached to phosphate. Because the phosphate group and its attachments are either charged or polar, the phospholipid head is _ which means it has an for water A phospholipid also has two "malls" made up of two molecules which consist of a carboy group with a long hydrocarbon chain at attached Because C - H bonds in the fatty acid tails are relatively nonpolar she phospholipid tales are _, Which means they are excluded from water.

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1. Phospholipid has a head made up of a glycerol molecule attached to a single Phosphate group which is again attached to another small molecule. Phospholipids vary in small molecules attached to phosphate group. The phospholipid shown in the figure has Choline group attached to phosphate. Because phosphate group and its attachments are either charged/polar, the phospholuod head is Hydrophilic which means it has affinity to water. Phospholipd also has a tail made up of two fatty acid molecules which consists of a carboxyl group with a kong hydrocarbon chain attached. Because C-H in fatty acid ails are relatively non polar. The phospholipid tail is hydophobic which means they are excluded from water.

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