Question

When you consume food, it goes through mechanical and chemical digestion in the mouth and is then transported to the

stomach. It then mixes with stomach acid and other enzymes. What type of digestion is taking place within the stomach?
Physical change
Absorption
Mechanical digestion
Chemical digestion

Answer 1

Chemical digestion

Step-by-step explanation:

The type of digestion taking place within the stomach is chemical digestion. When food reacts with stomach acids and other enzymes, a reaction takes place which reduces the food into simpler bits.

• The stomach contains strong digestive acids.
• Cells in the stomach secrete hydrochloric acid to further aid the digestion of the food.
• This way, complex organic molecules becomes broken down into simpler units.