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Plants adapted to low light intensity have
BiologyPhotosynthesis in Higher PlantsNEET
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  • A larger photosynthetic unit size than the sun plants
  • B higher rate of CO2 fixation than the sun plants
  • C more extended root system
  • D leaves modified to spines.
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The correct answer is: larger photosynthetic unit size than the sun plants
To absorb more sunlight (quantitatively), the plants growing in low light conditions have larger photosynthetic unit size. They have large-sized chloroplast are more in number. Their chloroplast has more number of chlorophyll molecules per reaction centre to trap more light energy available to them.

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