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book The Living World 8th Edition by George Johnson cover

The Living World 8th Edition by George Johnson

Edition 8ISBN: 978-0078024214
book The Living World 8th Edition by George Johnson cover

The Living World 8th Edition by George Johnson

Edition 8ISBN: 978-0078024214
Exercise 10
Many plants cannot carry out the typical C 3 photosynthesis in hot weather, so some plants
A) use the ATP cycle.
B) use C 4 photosynthesis or CAM.
C) shut down photosynthesis completely.
D) All of these are true for different plants.
Why are plants that consume 30 ATP molecules to produce one molecule of glucose (rather than the usual 18 molecules of ATP per glucose molecule) favored in hot climates but not in cold climates? What role does temperature play?
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