Question

Food which we eat in our daily life is digested at regular intervals of time. This is a:

• A. physical change
• B. chemical change
• C. no change
• D. cannot be determined

Answer 1

The correct option is B

chemical change

Digestion of food is a chemical change.

The food ingested by us is broken down into simpler molecules by the action of enzymes in stomach and intestines. Food is chemically changed when forms new, smaller substances. Thus it is a chemical change.