Water alone does not easily remove grease from dishes or hands because grease is nonpolar and water is polar. The addition of soap to water, however, allows the grease to dissolve. Study the structure of sodium stearate (a soap) and describe how its structure allows it to interact with both nonpolar grease and polar water Drag the terms on the left to the appropriate blanks on the right to complete the sentences. Reset Help The soap molecule has a nonpolar and a polar cationic end when it is dissolved in water. When it dissolves in water, the sodium stearate congregates to form small spheres (called micelles) with the on the inside and the on the surface. The anionic end can attract and interacts with the polar water molecules, while the interact with the nonpolar grease. This allows the soapy water to remove the grease by trapping the grease inside the micelle.