a speed bump is a raised ridge that runs across the surface of a street, a parking lot, or driveway. What is the purpose of a speed bump, and how is it similar to activation energy?

Activation energy is simply defined as the energy barrier that must be overcome for chemical reaction to take place. The lower the activation energy, the faster a reaction proceeds and vice versa.

A speed bump is a raided ridge on the road used to slow down the motion of a moving vehicle.

We can see that both activation energy and bump tends to slow down the rate of motion.

Therefore, the lower a bump, the faster a car will move. The lower the activation energy, the faster a chemical reaction will proceed.

Roads without bumps provides free movement and also, reactions without activation energy will proceed much faster.