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What is the process in which food is broken down into simpler substances called?
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∙ 8y ago
Digestion is the process of breaking down food into simpler substances. Digestion is of two types: mechanical or physical digestion, and chemical digestion.
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The substances that can not be broken down into simpler substances are called?
elements
Substances that can be broken down into simpler substances are called?
compounds
Substances that cannot be broken down by chemical mean?
Substances that cannot be chemically broken down into simpler substances are called elements.
What do you call a substance that can be split up into simpler substances?
If the above didn't answer your question, a substance that can be broken down into simpler substances is called a compound. Even the simplest compounds can be broken down into individual elements.
What is a substance that cannot be broken down chemically to simpler substances called?
That would be an Element.
What are substances that can't be broken down into simpler stuff by any chemical means called?
they are called chemical elements.
Name given to solution which decompose when electricity is passed through them?
Electrolysis is the process by which ionic substances are decomposed (broken down) into simpler substances when an electric current is passed through them.
The process by which food substances are chemically changed into simpler forms that can be absorbed is called?
digestion
What type reaction occurs when complex compounds are broken down into simpler substances?
This kind of reaction is called "decomposition".
What is pure substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by ordinary chemical called?
Atom of carbon?
What type of substance which is made up of the chemical combination of two or more elements and can be broken down into simpler substances by ordinary chemical means?
This is called molecule.
When two or more substances combine to form one new or more simpler substances it is called?
A chemical reaction, though often it is not a simpler substance.
