Three nonpolar molecules that are used in everyday live are carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and ethylene (C2H4).
Ethylene is used to make plastic and ripen fruits and methane is used to produce electricity and power garbage trucks. Besides its usage in the crucial processes of photosynthesis and cell respiration that keep us alive, carbon dioxide is important in refrigeration and is also found in fire extinguishers.
TEMPERATURE: Although enzymes are also affected by the pH and the concentration of the enzyme and substrate in their environment, this specific example shows that enzymes are affected by temperature.
