Why do phospholipids form a bilayer in water?

Phospholipids have hydrophilic phosphate heads that are attracted to water and hydrophobic lipid tails that avoid water. In a bilayer, the heads face the watery environments inside and outside the cell, while the tails point inward, away from water. This matches choice C: the phosphate portions attract water, and the lipid portions repel water.

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