Answers:Â
1) Which increase the rate of a chemical reaction?
 [A]:  a catalyst .
Note: Â A catalyst increases the rate of chemical reaction without altering the chemical reaction itself.
2) How does a catalyst appear in a chemical equation?
 [A]: it uses does usually appear in an equation.
Note:Â Since a catalyst is not used up or changed during the chemical reaction, catalysts usually do not appear in a chemical equation.
  {Occasionally, the catalyst is denoted above the "arrow" in the chemical equation, for emphasis that the catalyst was used."}.