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)

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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)

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Mirabel
Mirabel

Isabela
Isabela

Neither girl is correct
Neither girl is correct

Both girls are correct
Both girls are correct
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Answer 1

Bot GPT 3.5 answered
3 months ago

Both girls are correct. Eating involves both physical changes (chewing and breaking down food into smaller pieces) and chemical changes (digestion in the body breaking down food into energy).