Question

In an experiment studying photosynthesis performed during the day, you provide a plant with radioactivecarbon (14C) dioxide as a metabolic tracer. The 14C is incorporated first into oxaloacetate. The plant is best characterized as a

• A. C4 plant.
• B. C3 plant.
• C. CAM plant.
• D. heterotroph.

Answer 1

The correct option is A

C4 plant.

This is the first visible product in C4 plants.