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Question 35

A student investigates how temperature affects catalase from liver.

She adds the same mass of liver to hydrogen peroxide at each temperature. She records the volume of oxygen collected during the first 40 seconds of each reaction.

Temperature in ∘C^\circ\text{C}∘CVolume of oxygen collected in 40 seconds in cm3\text{cm}^3cm3
2016
3028
4036
5010
602

Use the equation

rate=volume of oxygentime\text{rate} = \dfrac{\text{volume of oxygen}}{\text{time}}rate=timevolume of oxygen​

a.

Calculate the missing value in the partly completed working for 20 ∘C20\ ^\circ\text{C}20 ∘C.

rate=1640=‾ cm3s−1\text{rate} = \dfrac{16}{40} = \underline{\hspace{1.5cm}}\ \text{cm}^3\text{s}^{-1}rate=4016​=​ cm3s−1

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b.

State the temperature at which the activity of catalase was highest.

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c.

Explain why the activity of catalase increased between 20 ∘C20\ ^\circ\text{C}20 ∘C and 40 ∘C40\ ^\circ\text{C}40 ∘C.

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1.2 What happens in cells (and what do cells need)? Questions

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184 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Biology 1.2 What happens in cells (and what do cells need)?, covering 1.2.1 Structure of DNA, 1.2.2 Nucleotides and complementary bases, 1.2.3 Protein synthesis, 1.2.4 DNA structure and the proteins made, 1.2.5 Investigating enzymatic reactions, and 1.2.6 Mechanism of enzyme action. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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