Why is it difficult to classify dissolving as simply a physical or a chemical change?

Dissolving an ionic compound is a chemical change. In contrast, dissolving sugar or another covalent compound is a physical change because chemical bonds are not broken and new products are not formed .Dissolving a solid in liquid, such as table salt in water, is a physical change because only the state of the matter has changed. Physical changes can often be reversed. ... It has not combined with the water to cause a chemical reaction

cytokinesis is the splitting of a cell membrane to form 2 identical daughter cells. it's similar to mitosis as both cells have identical copies of dna and cytokinesis is a step in the mitotic cycle.