International A Level Biology / Environment and climate change

Temperature, enzymes and Q10 revision notes

Edexcel International A Level Biology (YBI11), chapter 16: Environment and climate change, specification point 5.21. Part of the full course.

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Temperature affects enzyme activity, which changes how quickly organisms carry out processes such as photosynthesis, respiration, growth and decay. The temperature coefficient, Q₁₀, compares reaction rates at temperatures 10 °C apart.

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