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Describe the Features of the C₄ and CAM Photosynthetic Strategies

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Describe the features of the C₄ and CAM photosynthetic strategies. Relate your description to why C₄ and CAM plants are successful in hot and/or arid environments.


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Subduction

When tectonic plates converge, the movement of one plate beneath another into the mantle is referred to as subduction.

Continental Margins

The zones of the ocean floor that separate the thin oceanic crust from thick continental crust, including the continental shelf, slope, and rise.

Seafloor Spreading

The formation of new oceanic crust at mid-ocean ridges and its gradual movement away from the ridge.

Glaciers

Large masses of ice that form on land by the compaction and recrystallization of snow, moving slowly over time.

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