Question

why do desert plants create intermediate at night.... plz answer for 3 marks.....​

Answer 1

Answer:

The desert plants which grow in semi-arid conditions fix atmospheric CO2 to form malic acid in the dark. These plantsaccumulate organic acid intermediateduring the night to be used during the daytime. ... As it does, the pH of the cytoplasm becomes acidic, causing the enzyme to stop functioning for the rest of the night.

Answer 2

Answer:

Desert plants take in CO

2 at night and store it in the form of an intermediate which is used during the day for photosynthesis (when the stomata are closed).

Also, the chlorophyll of the plant are located in stem as leaves are reduced to spines and stem takes the function of photosynthesis.