How do catalysts speed up the rate of a reaction?
A catalyst increases the rate of the reaction because:
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They provide an alternative energy pathway that has a lower activation energy
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This means that more particles have the activation energy required for the reaction to take place (compared to without the catalyst) and so the speed of the reaction increases
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