AQA GCSE Enzyme Rate Calculations(Biology)

Practice Questions

1. Catalase reacting with hydrogen peroxide will produce 60cm3 of oxygen gas in 90 seconds. Calculate the rate of reaction in cm3/s

Rate of reaction = 60/90 = 0.67cm3/s

2.Use the graph below to answer the following question

Calculate rate of reaction for an enzyme graph question

2a. Draw a tangent to the line, calculate the rate at 5 seconds

Markscheme showing how to calculate rate of reaction for an enzyme reaction, using a graph

Rate of reaction = 15/6 = 2.5 cm3/s

2b. Describe how the rate changes as time increases

As time increases rate of reaction will decrease because the gradient is decreasing.