The Data Were Collected from the Heterocytes of a Nitrogen-Fixing

question 15

Multiple Choice

The data were collected from the heterocytes of a nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium inhabiting equatorial ponds. Study the graph below and choose the most likely explanation for the shape of the curve.

• A)Enough O₂ enters heterocytes during hours of peak photosynthesis to have a somewhat-inhibitory affect on nitrogen fixation.
• B)Light-dependent reaction rates must be highest between 1800 hours and 0600 hours.
• C)Atmospheric N₂ levels increase at night because plants are no longer metabolizing this gas, so are not absorbing this gas through their stomata.
• D)Heterocyte walls become less permeable to N₂ influx during darkness.
• E)The amount of fixed nitrogen that is dissolved in the pond water in which the cyanobacteria are growing peaks at the close of the photosynthetic day (1800 h).

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