Match each environmental condition with the expected catalase reaction.
Hydrogen peroxidase (catalysis) is an enzyme found in most cells. The enzyme catalyzes the decomposition of hydrogen
peroxide, toxic to cells, into water and oxygen gas. In the biology lab, students used cores of raw potato as the source of the catalysis. The
indication of enzyme activity, in this case, is the production of oxygen gas, measured as a column of bubbles in the test tube. Can you
predict how the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide will progress if we change the environment of the potato cores? Remember, potatoes
are plants and they are composed of cells. The potato cores are also made of cells that contain the enzyme under investigation. The
optimum pH for catalysis activity in humans in 7. At pH 7 and average human body temperature, the column height of oxygen bubbles
averages 3 cm.