What Can You Deduce About the Activation Energy of a Reaction

question 11

Multiple Choice

What can you deduce about the activation energy of a reaction that takes billions of years to go to completion? How about a reaction that takes only fractions of a second?

• A)The activation energy of both these reactions must be very low.
• B)The activation energy of both these reactions must be very high.
• C)The slow reaction must have a high activation energy while the fast reaction must have a low activation energy.
• D)The slow reaction must have a low activation energy while the fast reaction must have a high activation energy.

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