Question

Which of the following statements is true about a reaction occurring at high rates?

A. The rate of collisions is low.
B. The steric factor is low.
C. The number of successful collisions is low.
D. The potential energy of the molecules is low.

Answer 1

A? @aaronq

Answer 2

a high rate implies that the activation energy is low or that the temperature of the surrounding is high enough to overcome the "hill".

Now if a reaction has a high rate, wouldn't the rate of collisions be high?

Answer 3

Right, ok, so the answer is C?

Answer 4

The number of successful collisions is low

The number of collisions is low

number is low

nope

Answer 5

Ohh so it's B?

Answer 6

lol i just told ya the rate of collisions woudl be high

Answer 7

yup!

Answer 8

Oh it was D /:

Answer 9

that doesn't make sense. molecules with high potential energy would have strain and higher reaction rates.

stable molecules (low potential energy) would have low reaction rates