6.3 Light Independent Reaction / Calvin Cycle

How many G3P molecules make one molecule of glucose? 

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

What happens to NADPH and ATP after they are used in the Calvin Cycle?

• they recycle back to the light reactions
• they are used to make G3P

What happens to the remaining G3P molecules in the last step of the dark reactions?

• They are used to make glucose.
• They are reshuffled to make CO₂ by adding ATP.
• They exit the cycle.
• They are reshuffled to make RuBP by adding ATP. 

In the Calvin Cycle, carbon from CO2 is added to one molecule of RuBP to create _________.

• RUDP
• An Unstable 6 Carbon Molecule
• PGA
• 2 3-carbon molecules

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-5

The Calvin Cycle occurs in the ___________.

• Stroma
• Thylakoid Membrane
• Enzyme ATP Synthase
• Chlorophyll

The 5-Carbon molecules that the Calvin Cycle starts and ends with, is called _____________.

• PGA
• G3P
• RuBP
• RuDp

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-5

After 12 G3P molecules are created, 10 are used to regenerate _________, while the other 2 are used to create __________.

• RuBP, C₆H₁₂O₆
• Glucose, CO₂
• ATP, Glucose
• Glucose, RUBP

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-5

NGSS.HS-LS2-5

Which enzyme joins CO2 and RuBP?

• NADP+ reductase

• RUBISCO

• ATP synthase

• none of the above

Where do NADP+ and ADP produced in the Calvin cycle go?

• Back to the light reactions

• out of the chloroplast

Which of the following is NOT a reactant of the Calvin Cycle?

• NADPH
• ATP
• Oxygen
• Carbon dioxide