1What is another name for the Light-Independent Reaction?
The Calvin Cycle
2Where does the Calvin Cycle take place?
In the stroma of the chloroplasts
3What is the starting compound in the Calvin Cycle?
Ribulose bisphosphate (RuBP)
4What is carbon dioxide combined with in the Calvin Cycle?
Ribulose bisphosphate (RuBP)
5What enzyme catalyzes the reaction of CO₂ with RuBP?
Rubisco
6What is formed when RuBP reacts with CO₂?
Two molecules of glycerate 3-phosphate (GP)
7What is glycerate 3-phosphate (GP) converted into?
Triose phosphate (TP)
8What is needed to convert GP to TP?
ATP and reduced NADP
9What regenerates RuBP in the Calvin Cycle?
ATP
10How many CO₂ molecules are required to produce one hexose sugar?
Six
11How many turns of the Calvin Cycle are needed to make one hexose sugar?
Six
12What is triose phosphate (TP) used for?
Making glucose and regenerating RuBP
13What organic substances are made from TP?
Glucose, lipids, amino acids
14What is glucose made by joining?
Two TP molecules
15What are lipids made from?
Glycerol and fatty acids
16What are some amino acids made from?
Glycerate 3-phosphate
17What powers the regeneration of RuBP?
ATP
18What does the hydrolysis of ATP provide?
Energy for converting GP to TP
19What happens to reduced NADP in the Calvin Cycle?
It is oxidized to NADP
20What is the role of RuBP?
To combine with CO₂
21What does six turns of the Calvin Cycle produce?
Two TP molecules