Imagine you are looking at a bottle of salad dressing containing oil, vinegar, and water. You notice that the oil sits on "top" of the other liquids. This is due, in part, to the fact that:

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Oil is hydrophobic, which means it does not mix well with water-based liquids such as vinegar and water. Due to this property, the oil molecules tend to group together and stay on the top layer, separate from the other liquids in the bottle.

Imagine You Are Looking at a Bottle of Salad Dressing