Which Statement Concerning an Enzyme Is True

question 61

Multiple Choice

Which statement concerning an enzyme is true?

• A)An enzyme increases the size of the equilibrium constant of the reaction it catalyzes.
• B)An enzyme decreases the size of the equilibrium constant of the reaction it catalyzes.
• C)An enzyme shifts the equilibrium so that more product is formed when equilibrium is reached.
• D)An enzyme increases the rate of a chemical reaction by lowering the activation energy.
• E)An enzyme slows down reactions that occur too rapidly to be effective in the body.

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Sampling Distribution

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Sample Mean Difference

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Equal-variances Test

A statistical test used to determine if two populations have the same variance.

Degrees of Freedom

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