Question

While eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, peanut butter drips on Diana’s shirt. She tries to remove the peanut butter from her shirt by rubbing the spot with water, but it doesn’t work. What is the best explanation for why the water does not remove the peanut butter?

The water and peanut butter have different chemical properties.
The water and peanut butter have different temperatures.
The water and peanut butter have different pressures.

Answer 1

The best explanation for why the water does not remove the peanut butter is: **The water and peanut butter have different chemical properties.**

Peanut butter is mostly made of fats and oils, which are not soluble in water (a polar solvent). Since water cannot effectively break down or dissolve the oily components of peanut butter, simply rubbing with water is ineffective in removing the stain.