What can you deduce about the activation energy of a reaction that takes billions of years to go to completion? How about a reaction that takes only fractions of a second?
A. The activation energy of both these reactions must be very low.
B. The slow reaction must have a low activation energy, while the fast reaction must have a high activation energy.
C. The slow reaction must have a high activation energy, while the fast reaction must have a low activation energy.
D. The activation energy of both these reactions must be very high.
Answer: C
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Figure 9-2: Earth–Sun relations on June solstice.
1. North and South Poles
2. Equator
3. Tropic of Cancer
4. Tropic of Capricorn
5. Circle of illumination
6. Arctic Circle
7. Antarctic Circle
Using arrows to represent incoming sunlight, show the latitudes of the following:
8. Vertical rays of the Sun
9. Tangent rays of the Sun