Calvin Cycle Quiz 2/5

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The energy for the Calvin cycle is ____ and ____ made during the light reactions

ATP, NADPH

To make glucose, you need ____ ATPs and ____ NADPH

18, 12

____ is reduced using ____ to form G3P. One molecule of ____ leaves the cycle as a final product, while the other five molecules continue through the Calvin cycle. The five molecules go through a series o f reactions to become ____, which is then used to fix more ____.

3 carbon compound, NADPH, G3P, RuBP, CO2

C4 plants can make ____ carbon sugars called ____ in the mesophyll cells that enters bundle sheath cells and is then made into glucose

4, malate

Most plants on Earth (80%) are known as ____ plants and use the Calvin cycle to make ____

C3, sugars

2 groups that use different pathways to make food

C4 pathways and CAM pathways

The calvin cycle is also called the ____ or the ____

carbon fixation, C3 pathway

The G3P molecule released from the Calvin cycle is used to form ____. This can be stored as ____ molecules

glucose, starch

Examples of C4 plants

grass, corn, sugarcane

Where does the Calvin cycle take place?

in the storm of the chloroplasts

The Calvin cycle is a(n) ____ light reaction

independent

In CAM plants, the ____ reactions occur during the day, while the ____ cycle occurs at night when the stoma is open and let ____ enter

light, Calvin, CO2

Photosynthesis occurs in what 2 places in C4 plants?

mesophyll cells and bundle sheath cells

C4 pathways have stomas that ____ close during the day

partially

By closing their stoma during the day, CAM plants conserve ____

water

CAM pathways have stomas that ____ close during the day

completely

Three molecules of ____ combine with ____ with the help of the enzyme Rubisco. Thats forms an unstable intermediary compound thats splits to form six molecules of ____. These molecules combine with ___ groups from ____ to form ____

CO2, RuBP, PGA, Phosphate, ATP, 3 carbon compound

The gas ____ is used in the Calvin cycle to make ____

CO2, glucose

The second part of photosynthesis

Calvin cycle

The Calvin cycle takes place in ____ cells in C4 plants

bundle sheath

Examples of CAM plants

cacti, pineapples, ice plants

The calvin cycle ____ require light energy

doesn't

When conditions are hot and dry, ____ are closed to prevent water loss

stoma (stomates)


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