MCAT Style Quiz Question 9.2

Biological membranes partition aqueous environments to permit life processes to maintain regions of low entropy within the high entropy state of the surrounding environment. What key chemical characteristic do the major biomolecules in membranes have that allows for the formation of hydrophobic barriers separating aqueous environments?

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