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Enzymes speed up the rate at which chemical reactions occur within a cell because the enzyme __________.

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Decrease the activation energy

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For a chemical reaction to occur, the activation energy (the transition energy to move up from the reactant state) must be overcome. Enzymes lowers this activation energy thus speeding up the rate at which reaction occurs

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