What do fats, steroids, and waxes have in common? what do fats, steroids, and waxes have in common? (a) moderate polarity. (b) low solubility in water. (c) they occur in membranes. both (a) and (c). both (b) and (c)?
Correct answer: none of them Fats, steroids and waxes are not polar in any way. They are, in fact, completely hydrophobic and, therefore, not soluble. That makes of the options (a) and (b) false statements. The option (c) is correct only for steroids. Fats and waxes are only storage lipids and not membrane lipids.