Why does a potato have to be cut to turn brown? Why doesn't it happen to uncut potatoes?!

Question: When you cut open a potato you expose the now succulent internal cells to OXYGEN and the reaction between oxygen and the potato cells oxidize the potato which is the color brown. JUST LIKE AN APPLE TURNING BROWN

This chemical reaction is called OXIDATION.

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Answers: When you cut open a potato you expose the now succulent internal cells to OXYGEN and the reaction between oxygen and the potato cells oxidize the potato which is the color brown. JUST LIKE AN APPLE TURNING BROWN

This chemical reaction is called OXIDATION.

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Because when you cut the potato from its roots, the chloroplasts die (which make to potato green)

Plant cells contain chloroplasts which turn sunlight into energy. Even though potatoes are not in sunlight, plant cells still contain chloroplasts.

It's just like a leaf.

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the skin act as a protective layer

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its oxygen that turns it brown so you have to open it up

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