Significance of CAM Pathway
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How is photosynthesis similar in C4 and CAM plants?
In both cases, only photosystem I is used.
Both types of plants make sugar without the Calvin cycle.
In both cases, rubisco is not used to fix carbon initially.
Both types of plants make most of their sugar in the dark.
stomata open during night and remain closed during the day time
In the cactus, photosynthesis takes place in the stem.
- True
- False
In Nerium, stomata are ____.
In succulents like cacti, stomata close during the day. Why?
- Anomocytic
- Anisocytic
- Actinocytic
- Cyclocytic
- RuBP
- oxygen molecule
- CO2
- chlorophyll
- Glucose
- Lactose
- Starch
- None of the above
- Four types
- Three types
- Two types
- Five types
No rainfall in the area for a considerable time.
- Tomato is a greenhouse crop which can be grown in CO2- enriched atmosphere for higher yield.
- C3 plants respond to higher temperatures with enhanced photosynthesis while C4 plants have much lower temperature optimum.
- Light saturation for CO2 fixation occurs at 10% of full sunlight.
- Increasing atmospheric CO2 concentration up to 0.05% can enhance CO2 fixation.
- Both A and B
- Equifacial leaf
- Bifacial leaf
- Unifacial leaf
- Reproduction
- Conserving water
- Secondary growth
- Disease resistance
How is photosynthesis similar in C4 and CAM plants?
In both cases, only photosystem I is used.
Both types of plants make sugar without the Calvin cycle.
In both cases, rubisco is not used to fix carbon initially.
Both types of plants make most of their sugar in the dark.
- Potato type
- Barley type
- Cereal type
- Lucerne type
Cacti and many desert plants are _____ plants.
C3
CAM
C4
none of the above
stomata open during night and remain closed during the day time
- Stomata are present only on the upper surface of leaf
- Stomata are present only on the lower surface of leaf
- Stomata are present on both surface of leaf
- Stomata are vestigial