How should the baking of a pizza be categorized? as an exothermic process because the dough releases heat as an endothermic process because the dough releases heat as an exothermic process because the dough absorbs heat as an endothermic process because the dough absorbs heat

Option D: as an exothermic process because the dough absorbs heat

Explanation:

Exothermic- heat flows out to surroundings

Endothermic- heat flows in form surroundings

The answer is as an endothermic process because the dough absorbs heat. The heat then results to a chemical process of the baking powder that produces carbon dioxide from the present bircabonate. This results to carbon dioxide pockets/spaces in the dough hence the dough rises and become larger air spaces (leavening) even as the gases expand due to heating. This is also the principle behind baking powder in making of bread.