Overview of C2, C3 and C4 Pathways
Overview of C2, C3 and C4 Pathways: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as Differences between C3 and C4 Pathway and CAM Pathway.
Important Questions on Overview of C2, C3 and C4 Pathways
How many ATP are used in dark reaction?



Dark reaction is also called?

What is the main purpose of the dark reaction?

What is dark reaction explain briefly?

The first stable product in the C plant is Phosphoglyceric acid.

Match the plants in Column I with their features listed in the Column II, III and IV.
Column I: Types of plants | Column II: Types of Photosynthesis | Column III: Site of Calvin cycle | Column IV: Time of stomata opening |
Rice | CAM | Mesophyll | Day |
Pineapple | Bundle Sheath | Night | |
Sugarcane |
Choose the correct combination.

CAM or Crassulacean Acid Metabolism is an alternative pathway of carbon fixation found in hydrophytes.

Assertion (A): plants show greater productivity of biomass than plants.
Reason (R): Leaves of plants have "Kranz anatomy" where bundle sheath cells lack Rubisco enzyme. As a result, plants lack photorespiration.
The correct answer is

One of the following combinations is correct with reference to photosynthesis

Acid concentration in plants is more at


Which part of the photosynthetic process does not require light and is temperature dependent?

Fixation of CO2, by crassulacean acid metabolism, is the physiological adaptation in xerophytes and succulent plants. Explain?

For the same amount of fixed, a plant in comparison to plant loses only

Which one of the following is an efficient converter of sunlight?

Assertion (A): In C3 plants photosynthesis is more than C4 plants.
Reason (R): C4 plants have a shorter CO2 fixation cycle.

The acid concentration in CAM plants is more at

The common feature in CAM and plants is________
