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The teeth grinding is a mechanical change. The saliva mixing in with the food and starting the digestive process would be a chemical change.

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When your teeth grind food is it mechanical or chemical?

when your teeth grind food is it chemical or mechanical


How is mechanical digestion is different than chemical digestion?

Chemical digestion uses enzymes and other chemicals to break the bonds in food. Mechanical digestion is basically the teeth grinding the food into physically smaller pieces.


Which of the following digestive processes is NOT considered a chemical change?

Mechanical digestion is not considered a chemical change. Mechanical digestion involves physically breaking down food into smaller pieces through chewing and mixing with digestive juices, whereas chemical digestion involves enzymes breaking down macromolecules into smaller molecules.


What digestive processes is NOT considered a chemical change?

breaking up and grinding food particles into small pieces using the teeth


What 2 types of digestion takes place in the mouth?

Mechanical and chemical digestion. In mechanical digestion the teeth breakdown food into smaller pieces and in chemical digestion the salivary glands breaks down the food molecules.


Does chemical digestion occur before mechanical digestion?

Both get started at about the same time. As the teeth are grinding up the food, enzymes in the saliva are breaking down starch.


What type of digestion is teeth grinding food?

our teeth break down food physically which is called mechanical break down


What kind of digestion involves the teeth tearing or grinding food into smal pieces?

mechanical processing


Are teeth chemical or mechanical digestion?

Teeth are involved in mechanical digestion. They physically break down food by crushing, grinding, and cutting it into smaller pieces, making it easier for enzymes in the digestive system to access and break down nutrients.


Where does mechanical digestion happen?

Mechanical digestion starts when food is chewed physically by the teeth (grinding and tearing the food), and the remaining steps of digestion continue from then on.


Vertebrates often have mechanical and chemical ways of digesting food what is a main part of mechanical digestion?

Teeth


Digestion occurs through both mechanical and chemical ways what is involved directly in mechanical digestion?

teeth