A New Species of Plant Is Discovered and You Are

question 19

Multiple Choice

A new species of plant is discovered and you are asked to help classify it. Upon examination under a microscope, you find that there is a layer of bundle sheath cells containing chloroplasts around the vein of the leaf of the plant. What can you tell about the plant from this information?

• A) This plant is unlike any other plant that has ever been discovered and is a completely new category of plant.
• B) This plant very likely carries out C ₄ photosynthesis.
• C) This plant falls into the category of CAM-type plants.
• D) This plant uses chemosynthesis rather than photosynthesis.
• E) This is a C ₃ type of plant.

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