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Metabolism of food in the body is a chemical change for the same reason as any other chemical change: New chemical bonds are formed and/or chemical bonds existing in the reactants are broken. Both bond breaking and bond formation occur in metabolism.
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Chemical reactions in all living things?
Yes. Everything you do is caused by a series of complex chemical reactions. Turning the food you eat into energy you can you to run or do anything else for example.
Is ripening fruit a physical or chemical change?
Involving chemical reactions it is a chemical process.
Is burning food a physical change?
No. It is a chemical change. By the way, burning something is a chemical change only.
Is a food spoiling chemical or physical change?
Foods degradation is a chemical change.
Is food spoilage a physical change?
There are several changes that occur that cause food spoilage. A loss of ph, spoilage caused by bacteria and decomposition are contributing factors to food spoilage.
What Determines the body's food intake requirements?
Thyroxine controls the rate of chemical reactions or metabolism in the body
What term is given to the chemical and mechanical brake down of food in the body?
Metabolism I think...
What is the meaning of the word Metabolism?
Metabolism (from the Greek <μεταβολή> which means in plain English the change from a form to another). So, the chemical reactions, which happen in an organism to sustain life are called metabolism.
What is it called when your body goes through chemical reactions to break down the food you eat?
"metabolism" or "digestion".
Is oxidation of food in the body chemical change?
All oxidation is a chemical reaction.
What is metabiolism?
Metabolism is the group of chemical reactions that takes all of the energy from your food and gives it to the rest of your body for energy.
What is energy and phosphate metabolism?
ENERGY AND METABOLISMenergy means power to do work.and metabolism means breakdown or synthesis of food so energy and metabolism means sum ofall chemical reaction in the body is called energy metabolism.
What is the role of metabolism in living organisms?
Our bodies get the energy they need from food through metabolism, the chemical reactions in the body's cells that convert the fuel from food into the energy needed to do everything from moving, to thinking, to growing.
What is meant by metabolic activities in cell?
Metabolism refers to the rate at which chemical reactions are synthesised in the body.
What is metabolic energy?
ENERGY AND METABOLISMenergy means power to do work.and metabolism means breakdown or synthesis of food so energy and metabolism means sum ofall chemical reaction in the body is called energy metabolism.
How is food a chemical change?
The food it self gets turned into energy for the human body. If food is cooked, if undergores a huge chemical change. From potential(stored) to kinetic(released).
Does milk slow down the metabolism?
Metabolism is the rate at which the body burns food for energy. No, milk does not slow down the body's metabolism.
