Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 6, Problem 14SQ
In C3 plants, ______ makes sugar production inefficient when stomata close during the day.
- a. photosynthesis
- b. photolysis
- c. photorespiration
- d. carbon fixation
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