Question: When analyzing how C 3 , C 4 and CAM plants differ in terms of Carbon Fixation C 4 plants fix CO 2 by converting

When analyzing how C3, C4 and CAM plants differ in terms of Carbon Fixation
C4 plants fix CO2 by converting PEP (3 Carbon compound) to Oxaloacetate (4 Carbon compound)
CAM plants utilize spatial separation of the cells responsible for Carbon Fixation and the cells that are responsible for sugars through the Calvin-Benson Cycle
C3 plants have RuBisCo that is highly specific to CO2 and therefore does not require isolation from O2 generated by water splitting and/or closing of the leaf stomata
Only C4 plants utilize PEP (phosphoenol pyruvate) as the initial 3 carbon compound that CO2 is fixed into
None of the above are true

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