It's actually both, my science teacher and the class are talking about that.
Its a chemical change.
Digestion of any sort is actually a Chemical Change. For the enzymes in your stomach change the makeup of the substance to make it usable for the body.
Digesting French fries is a chemical change because the process involves breaking down the molecules in the food through enzymes and acids in the stomach to extract the nutrients for absorption into the body. This results in a change in the chemical composition of the food.
Chemical Reaction
1. First step: a physical change 2. Second step: a chemical change
The digestion of food through the alimentary canal involve a series of chemical and physical changes. In the example of pizza its bread component undergoes chemical changes as it is digested by amylase enzymes in saliva. Other chemical changes include hydrochloric acid of the stomach "attacking" and digesting proteins found in the pizza.
Digesting an apple is a chemical change because the enzymes in your digestive system break down the complex carbohydrates, proteins, and fats in the apple into simpler molecules that can be absorbed by the body. This process involves the chemical breakdown of the apple's nutrients.
Digesting french fries is both a physical and a chemical change. The chewing, pressing, and manipulating of the french fry is physical. The enzymes, bacterias, and acids breaking them down would be chemical.
Digesting french fries is both a physical and a chemical change. The chewing, pressing, and manipulating of the french fry is physical. The enzymes, bacterias, and acids breaking them down would be chemical.
the chewing in the mouth is part of digesting of food particularly carbohydrates. It is the only part of physical change because the food is only broken down to digestable particles. The rest of digestion (including the small intestines and stomach) are the parts encountering chemical change due to many enzymes and acids participating. The End.
chemical. it digests substances chemically.
No. its chemical