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Author Question: CAM plants keep stomata closed in daytime, thus reducing loss of water. They can (Read 772 times)

Jesse_J

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on: Jun 15, 2013
CAM plants keep stomata closed in daytime, thus reducing loss of water. They can do this because they
A) fix CO2 into organic acids during the night.
B) fix CO2 into sugars in the bundle-sheath cells.
C) fix CO2 into pyruvate in the mesophyll cells.
D) use the enzyme phosphofructokinase, which outcompetes rubisco for CO2.
E) use photosystem I and photosystem II at night.


aero

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Reply #1 on: Jun 15, 2013
I picked A and I got it right, good luck :)


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Jesse_J

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Reply #2 on: Jul 4, 2013
Thank you so much, I marked it solved ;D


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