Compared to C3 Plants, C4 Plants

question 52

Multiple Choice

Compared to C3 plants, C4 plants

• A) can continue to fix CO2 even at relatively low CO2 concentrations and high oxygen concentrations.
• B) have higher rates of photorespiration.
• C) do not use rubisco for carbon fixation.
• D) grow better under cool, moist conditions.
• E) make a four-carbon compound, oxaloacetate, which is then delivered to the citric acid cycle in mitochondria.

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