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The food you are eating changes state. The food is a solid but it get its state changes by you chewing food. Changing state is making a chage in apperance. So in a way it is a chemical change
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Is your teeth grinding food a mechanical or chemical change?
The teeth grinding is a mechanical change. The saliva mixing in with the food and starting the digestive process would be a chemical change.
What is a physical and chemical change that take place in the digestion of food?
Physical: Chewing to make the food particles smaller. Chemical: Reactions with enzymes to break down the food so the body can use it.
Is food reacting with pepsin a chemical or mechanical change?
This is a chemical change. Pepsin catalyzes the chemical breakdown of food.
Is Metabolizing food a chemical or physical change?
Metabolizing food is a chemical change because it converts food into energy.
What is chemical name for chewing gum?
Chewing gum is not a chemical but a mixture of chemicals.
How are enzymes and chewing are different?
Chewing breaks down food into smaller pieces (a physical change). Enzymes break down the food into its different components (a chemical change).
Is chewing food to break it down into smaller pieces a physical or chemical change?
Yes.
Is your teeth grinding food a mechanical or chemical change?
The teeth grinding is a mechanical change. The saliva mixing in with the food and starting the digestive process would be a chemical change.
Is chewing food mechanical electrical radiant or chemical?
Chewing is mechanical.
Is chewing a bite of hamburger physical or a chemical change?
it is actually a gravitational change.
Is chewing gum a chemical change?
no chewing gum is a physical change, because the gum itself does not change.
What is a physical and chemical change that take place in the digestion of food?
Physical: Chewing to make the food particles smaller. Chemical: Reactions with enzymes to break down the food so the body can use it.
What energy form is chewing food?
Chemical
Does the consumption of food involve chemical or physical change?
Chewing the food is a physical change, but once the food mixes with saliva it becomes a chemical change. Digesting it is definitely a chemical change, because the stomache acids mix with the food and viola a chemical change.
Why is the chewing of bread in the mouth a chemical change?
Chewing of bread is definitely a chemical change because the saliva in the mouth which is needed to lubricate the food it also contain a biocatalyst (alpha amylase or ptyalin) which converts the starch into the sugar. it can also be realized that when we chew food for more time it only in the mouth it give us sweet taste due to the chemical change of starch polymer inyo sugar molecules which are sweet in taste hence it clarifies there is a reaction even in our mouth while chewing the food.
Is ice being carved a chemical change?
No, melting ice is a chemical change where as carving ice is physical.... Another example is chewing food is physical where as enzymes in your saliva breaking down the food is chemical.
Differentiate mechanical and chemical digestion of food?
chemical is not like to absorb. chemical like chewing
