This is a picture of salt mixed in with water. Salt is an example of what it means to be hydrophilic. If a substance is hydrophilic it means that it has a tendency to mix with, dissolve in, or be wetted by water. Hydrophilic molecules have polar groups that allow the substance to dissolve in or absorb the water. The salt readily dissolves and mixes in with the water.
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