Question

Eating is important to your body because molecules in food contain ____ energy that cells use to produce ATP and it also supplies raw materials your body needs to build and repair tissue.

A. chemical
B. protein
C. physical
D. pellett

Answer 1

Chemical. Needs to break down the starch and glucoses into sugars.

Answer 2

The correct answer would be option A. chemical.

Food contains chemical energy which is harnessed and converted into ATP by the process called cellular respiration.

Glucose present in the food is oxidized completely to produce water, carbon dioxide, and energy in the form of ATP.

Food also provides raw materials such as amino acids, fats, minerals, vitamins, electrolytes, et cetera which are used by body for growth and repair.