When the heavy oxygen isotope (18O) is provided to plants in H2O, it produces heavy oxygen as in the following

Question

formula: CO2 + 2H218O → (CH2O) + H2O + 18O2. If we provided the heavy oxygen isotope (18O) to plants in CO2, what product(s) would you expect?

a. The plant again produces heavy O2.

b. The plant produces heavy water only.

c. The plant produces heavy sugar only.

d. The plant produces both water and sugar with the heavy oxygen isotope (18O).

e. The distribution of the heavy oxygen isotope (18O) would be random among all three products.

Answer 1

e