How Does Temperature Affect The Enzyme Movement

The time required for the filter paper to float reflects the enzyme movement immensely. The enzyme movement is slower when there is a greater amount of time for the reaction to occur. As the temperature increased, the reaction time was quicker. For example, the class average for the substrate temperature “Hot” was 7.28 seconds, which was a drastic change from the temperature “Cold” of 66.54 seconds. The reason behind the change was that heat makes molecules move quicker, and cold makes molecules move slower. The data had a steady decline in time as the temperature grew. Even between 10℃. When the temperature was 30℃, the time in seconds was 16.78. When it was 40℃, the time went down to 15.85. It shows the movement of the enzymes were quicker; therefore, the enzymes were catalyzing the reaction. …show more content…
To make the reaction, the chemicals must collide strong enough to cause a reaction. The hotter temperatures aided with this. Our class data supported my hypothesis of the temperature increasing, the reaction time would decrease. Our data shows that catalase is very active near 37℃, which is the average bodily temperature of many mammals (humans, cattle, pigs, etc.). However, the catalase activity is not the most active at this point. In the class data, it says that at the hottest level it was an average of 7.28 seconds, while at 40℃ (closest to 37℃) it was 15.85 seconds. While the reaction is still quick, it has room to grow. Catalase temperature specificity must say that a catalase will be at its bottommost reaction speed at a giving