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)

Neither girl is correct

Both girls are correct

Isabela

Mirabel

Mirabel is correct. Eating involves a chemical change because the digestive system breaks down food into simpler substances that can be absorbed by the body.