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Lesson: Chapter 17 — Rate of Reaction

17.1. The temperature 1 of 5

Question 1

Why does keeping food in a refrigerator make it last longer?

The right answer is the one marked above.

Because the rate of biochemical reactions falls at low temperatures. Food spoils because of those reactions, so slowing them down makes the food last.

The reactions do not stop completely — they go slowly, which is exactly why refrigerated food still spoils in the end.

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