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Provide a short answer to each of these questions. Be sure to fully explain your answer.
-Discuss some of the challenges that technology presents to society.


Definitions:

Phospholipids

Lipids in which two fatty acids and a phosphorus-containing group are attached to glycerol; major components of cell membranes.

Hydrocarbons

Organic compounds consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon, often used as fuels and solvents.

Hydrophobic

Not readily interacting with water; having less affinity for water molecules than they have for each other. Compare with hydrophilic.

Nonpolar

A type of covalent bond where electrons are shared equally between atoms, leading to a molecule that does not have distinct poles or charges.

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