Enzymes:
a. sometimes increase the amount of energy necessary to initiate a reaction.
b. increase the rate at which a reaction occurs.
c. reduce the energy released by a reaction by one of four different mechanisms.
d. catalyze reactions that release energy, but not those that consume energy.
e. are always consumed by catalyzing a reaction.
Ans: b. increase the rate at which a reaction occurs.
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