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2. There are two types of plants, C3 and C4. C3 plants use the Calvin Cycle to generate sugar. C4 plants use phosphoenol pyruvate to make malate and oxaloacetate which will eventually be used to make sugar. Both types of plants have stomatas (openings on leaves that can be opened and closed) for CO2 entry. In addition, water is also lost through the stomata. C3 plants are only able to synthesize sugar at relatively high CO2 levels because photosynthesis will stop when CO2 production from the mitochondria equals the use of CO2 in the chloroplasts. C4 plants are able to continue photosynthesis even at low CO2 levels. (1) Why are C4 plants able to survive in hot, dry conditions when C3 plants are not? (2) Plants can develop cancer but it is usually from an infection not from the ionizing rays of the sun. What part of the photosynthesis pathway do you think protects the plant form sun damage?

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