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How does warm temperature compared to cold temperature affect enzyme reaction rates?

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Collisions between all molecules increase as temperature increases. This is due to the increase in velocity and kinetic energy that follows temperature increases. ... This results in more molecules reaching the activation energy, which increases the rate of the reactions.

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