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Biology Life Processes CBSE Board 2026 Medium

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow: Not all plants carry out photosynthesis by t…

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow : Not all plants carry out photosynthesis by the same mechanism. In most plants, it depends directly on gaseous carbon dioxide that diffuses into the leaf. However, some plants can store carbon dioxide in the vacuole of the leaf cells as part of a complex carbon compound. This compound is transported to the chloroplast and releases carbon dioxide when required for photosynthesis. This special mechanism is believed to have evolved as an adaptation in such plants which do not open stomata during the daytime to conserve water for survival in dry conditions (desert conditions).

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