If You Mechanically Shook a Mixture of Amphipathic Lipids and Water

question 11

Multiple Choice

If you mechanically shook a mixture of amphipathic lipids and water, what would you expect to see when the solution is observed with an electron microscope?

• A) The lipids will have formed planar bilayer membranes.
• B) The lipids will have formed tiny vesicles filled with water.
• C) The lipids will have completely dissolved in the solution because they are partially polar.
• D) The lipids and water will have separated into two distinct layers because the lipids are partially nonpolar.

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