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Digestion is a series of chemical reactions because the food is broken down and changed in physical properties and made into nutrients for the body to use as energy.
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∙ 7y ago
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∙ 9y agoDigestion is a chemical change because it breaks down the matter within your stomach. Gastric juices, saliva and other chemicals in the stomach helps in digesting.
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∙ 13y agoYou need to chew food up and move it down (mechanical) to the stomach (chemical) so that the nutrients from the food can be absorbed by the small intestines
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∙ 13y agobecause the chemicals and acids in your stomach dissolve and liquefy your stomach contents.
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∙ 12y agoit is hydrolysis
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Type of digestion that breaks down food by chemical reactions?
Chemical digestion.
When protein compounds are catalyzed what do they do to the chemical reaction during digestion?
Neutralize chemical reactions during digestion
Are chemical reactions useful?
yes some chemical reactions are harmful to us. as digestion of food, photosynthesis, decomposition of organic waste are some examples of the useful chemical reactions.
In digestion which is a prelude to metabolism which of the following occur?
Chemical reactions occcur metabolic reactions occur
Is digestion exergonic?
Hydrolysis and other chemical reactions are used during the process of digestion to break large molecules down into their smaller components. Hydrolytic reactions are exergonic reactions.
Is digesting a banana a chemical reaction or is it a reversible change?
Digestion involve chemical reactions, it is a chemical and mechanical process and is irreversible.
What is Series of chemical reactions in a cell?
respiratory
The process in which your body breaks down food into small nutrient molecules is called?
Mechanical digestion. The actual grinding and physical breaking down of food. Chemical digestion breaks down food using chemicals/enyzyms and chemical reactions.
1 Chemical digestion would not be possible without that speed up the rate of chemical reactions in your body?
enzymes
How do chemical reactions affect us inour everyday lives?
Examples of chemical reactions: burning of fuels, preparation of beer, cooking cakes, digestion of foods in stomach etc.
Which proteins speed up chemical reactions?
Enzymes are proteins that speed up chemical reactions. They are called biological catalysts as well. Examples include Protease(speeds up digestion of proteins), Lipase(digestion of fats), Cellulase(digestion of cellulose),etc.
Why do we rely on chemical changes to survive?
Life is a complicated series of chemical reactions.
