What was surprising toscientists about hurricane floyd

The hurricane Floyd took place in the East Coast of the United States during 1999. It caused extensive destruction in its path. However, there was one fact that was astonishing for the scientists is that in spite of causing such a mass destruction on the terrestrial surface, the hurricane resulted in no harm to the aquatic life. That is, no major fishes were killed during the hurricane.

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.