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Lipids are insoluble in water because lipids are
Answer: A
Lipids are insoluble in water because they are hydrophobic - their long hydrocarbon chains are non-polar.
Water molecules are polar and hold to one another by hydrogen bonds, which the non-polar chains cannot join. Like dissolves like, so lipids dissolve in ether and chloroform instead.
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