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A Julia package known as this type of substance .jl ("dot J-L") is used to model chemical reaction networks. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name these substances that lower the activation energy of a reaction, causing it to speed up.
ANSWER: catalysts [or catalytic]
[10h] Chemical reaction networks can be simplified by applying this assumption to zero out certain ODEs. This assumption is applied to the concentration of the enzyme–substrate complex in Michaelis–Menten kinetics.
ANSWER: quasi-steady state approximation [or QSSA]
[10m] Fitting a CRN model involves estimating examples of this quantity that have subscripts "plus one," "minus one," and "cat" in Michaelis–Menten kinetics. This quantity fully determines the kinetics of a zeroth-order reaction.
ANSWER: reaction rate constant [or reaction rate coefficient; prompt on lowercase k; prompt on reaction rate; reject "capital K"]
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Adlai E. Stevenson AParkway West100010
Adlai E. Stevenson BUni of Illinois Laboratory100010
BelmontMontgomery Blair A1010020
Carmel BWhite Pigeon1010020
Centennial BSaint Joseph1010020
Detroit Catholic Central AJohns Creek100010
Detroit Catholic Central CGlenbrook South100010
EastchesterLexington100010
FremdNorthmont100010
Georgetown DayGrosse Pointe South100010
NorthviewDowningtown STEM10101030
OkemosRichard Montgomery1001020
Seven LakesLambert A1001020
Thomas Jefferson BChattahoochee B100010
Thomas Jefferson EDetroit Catholic Central B100010
Uni School of Nashville AYukon A100010

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TournamentEditionExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 PACE NSC06/07/2025Y1614.38100%19%25%