BIOLOGY
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ISBN: 9781260169614
Author: Raven
Publisher: RENT MCG
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Chapter 8, Problem 7U
The carbon fixation reaction converts
a. inorganic carbon into an organic acid.
b. CO2 into glucose.
c. inactive rubisco into active rubisco.
d. an organic acid into CO2.
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Ch. 8.1 - Prob. 1LOCh. 8.1 - Prob. 2LOCh. 8.2 - Prob. 1LOCh. 8.2 - Differentiate between the light-dependent and...Ch. 8.3 - Discuss how pigments are important to...Ch. 8.3 - Prob. 2LOCh. 8.4 - Prob. 1LOCh. 8.4 - Prob. 2LOCh. 8.5 - Prob. 1LOCh. 8.5 - Prob. 2LO
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