Question

Two friends are discussing physical and chemical changes. Isabela says that when you eat, it is a physical change because when you chew, the food is only changed into smaller pieces. Mirabel says that when you eat, it is a chemical change because your body digests the food as the chemicals in your body break down the food into energy. Who is right?(1 point)

Both girls are correct

Isabela

Mirabel

Neither girl is correct
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Answer 1

Both girls are correct.

Chewing is a physical change (food is broken into smaller pieces). Digestion is a chemical change (enzymes and stomach acids break food molecules into new substances the body can absorb and use).