Answer
A catalyst increases the rate of reaction by lowering the activation energy and making it more likely that the reactants will have enough energy to react.
A homogeneous catalyst is in the same state of matter as the reactants, and a heterogeneous catalyst is not.
A catalyzed reaction could have a different rate law than the uncatalyzed reaction.
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Since the uncatalyzed reaction has a different reaction mechanism than the catalyzed reaction, the rate laws could differ.
