A student listed how different parts of the body work to aid in the digestion of food. Which of the following is a chemical change that occurs to the food?

Question 12 options:

The reduction in size of food particles as food is chewed

The movement of food to the stomach after food is swallowed

The breakdown of molecules of food by enzymes and acid in the stomach

None of the above

The breakdown of molecules of food by enzymes and acid in the stomach is the chemical change that occurs to the food.