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Does mechanical breakdown increase speed of chemical breakdown?
Yes, mechanical breakdown increases the surface area available for chemical reactions to occur on and therefore the speed of the chemical processes.
How does mechanical breakdown affect chemical breakdown?
Mechanical breakdown makes food smaller so it wasn't be so large for the chemical breakdown.
How does mechanical breakdown helps chemical breakdown?
Mechanical breakdown helps chemical breakdown because when you chew, chemical breakdown is going on all at the same time. So, that is going to chemical because if you didn't have saliva (chemical breakdown) if would take real long to digest your food.
What is Chemical Breakdown?
Chemical Breakdown is the digestion of food being broken down by bones and physically.
Is food reacting with pepsin a chemical or mechanical change?
This is a chemical change. Pepsin catalyzes the chemical breakdown of food.
What is term for the chemical breakdown of food in the mouth?
Mastication, commonly known as chewing, is the term for the mechanical breakdown of food in the mouth.
What kind of energy is released by the breakdown of food?
chemical energy
What is the watery liquid that begins the chemical breakdown of food?
Saliva
Where does all the chemical and bacteriologic breakdown of food take place?
stomach
Which breakdown of large molecules of food for absorption?
I think chemical digestion
What is The breakdown of complex food molecules into simpler food molecules?
chemical digestion or simply digestion
What breakdown of complex food molecules into simpler food molecules?
chemical digestion or simply digestion
