A Pacific island receives a large quantity of precipitation. This enables bacteria to grow and reproduce rapidly. What is true of an island in the tropics? A. The bacteria eat oil in an oil spill.
B. People are more easily infected with bacterial disease.
C. Bacteria are in competition with fungi.
D. Decomposition of a dead mouse occurs rapidly.

the relative standard reduction potential of the half-cell in which reduction occurs; more positive than the other half-cell. reduction is a chemical process in which electrons are added to an atom or an ion; it always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent.

i believe your answer would be c.. : )

it provides an alternative energy pathway for the reaction to proceed.

a catalyst is a substance that speeds up the rate of a chemical reaction but is not consumed during the course of the reaction.

catalysts increase the rate of reaction without being used up. they do this by lowering the activation energy needed. with a catalyst, more collisions result in a reaction, so the rate of reaction increases. different reactions need different catalysts.

a catalyst works by providing an alternative reaction pathway to the reaction product. the rate of the reaction is increased as this alternative route has a lower activation energy than the reaction route not mediated by the catalyst.