| Drops of Stock Solutions | Temp. (K) | Reaction Time |
Test Tube | KMnO4 | H2O | H3O^+/H2SO4 | C2O4H2 |
E-1 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 278 K | 3 min 1 sec |
E-2 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 300 K | 6 min 13 sec |
a. What effect does the temperature of the solutions have on therate of the reaction? 

b. How does heating the reaction mixture affect the energy ofthe species in solution? What effect would cooling the reactionmixture have on the energy of the species in solution? 

c. Write a general, qualitative, statement about how the rate ofa reaction depends on the temperature at which the reaction iscarried out. 

