Question

Photorespiration _________O2 and ____________CO2.co

a. releases; releases
b. releases, consumes
c. consumes, consumes
d. consumes; releases

Answer 1

option D.

Step-by-step explanation:

The correct answer is option D.

Photorespiration consumes O₂ and releases CO₂.

Photorespiration process is a gas exchange process which resembles opposite to the process of photosynthesis where intake is CO₂ and O₂ is released.

Photorespiration process does not produce ATP but it use O₂ to produce CO₂. Photorespiration uses a sugar-phosphate as its primary fuel.