Answer: gas molecules will hit the container walls more frequently and with greater force
Explanation:
According to the postulates of kinetic molecular theory:
1. The pressure exerted by a gas in a container results from collisions between the gas molecules and the container walls.
2. The average kinetic energy of the gas molecules is proportional to the kelvin temperature of the gas.
When the temperature is increased, so the average kinetic energy and the rms speed also increase. This means that the gas molecules will hit the container walls more frequently and with greater force because they are all moving faster. This increase the pressure.
Answer:
(2) Half of the active sites are occupied by substrate.
Explanation:
The Michaelis–Menten equation is the rate equation for a one-substrate enzyme-catalyzed reaction. It is an expression of the relationship between the initial velocity V₀ of an enzymatic reaction, the maximum velocity Vmax, and substrate concentration [S] which are all related through the Michaelis constant, Km.
Mathematically, the Michaelis–Menten equation is given as:
V₀ = Vmax[S]/Km + [S]
A special relationship exists between the Michaelis constant and substrate concentration when the enzyme is operating at half its maximum velocity, i.e. at V₀ = Vmax/2
substituting, Vmax/2 = V₀ in the Michaelis–Menten equation
Vmax/2 = Vmax[S]/Km + [S]
dividing through with Vmax
1/2 = [S]/Km + [S]
2[S] = Km + [S]
2[S] - [S] = Km
[S] = Km
Therefore, when the enzyme is operating at half its maximum velocity, i.e. when half of the active sites are occupied by substrate, [S] = Km