Compared to C3 plants, C4 plants _____

A) can continue to fix CO2 even at lower CO2 concentrations and higher oxygen concentrations
B) have higher rates of photorespiration
C) do not use rubisco for carbon fixation
D) make a four-carbon compound, oxaloacetate, which is then delivered to the citric acid cycle in mitochondria


A

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