Oil coats the surface of the water, endangering sea life during an oil spill. Why doesn’t oil dissolve in ocean water?

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The best and most correct answer among the choices provided by your question is the fourth choice or letter D "Oil is nonpolar, and water is polar."

Oil will not dissolve in water because water forms a polar covalent bond and oil forms a non-covalent bond. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, in chemistry molecules dissolve with other molecules that share similar characteristics.

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