Practice mode Enzymes

Below the optimum temperature, the rate of an enzyme reaction increases with temperature because ____.

Correct answer D. molecules gain kinetic energy and collide more often

Explanation

Warming increases molecular movement, so enzyme and substrate meet more frequently and more collisions have enough energy to react. The rise continues only up to the optimum temperature.

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