Calvin Cycle Quiz

Where does the Calvin cycle take place?

• Chloroplast's outer membrane

• Chloroplast's grana

• Chloroplast's stroma

• Chloroplast's thylakoids

What are the three phases of the Calvin cycle?

• Regeneration, reduction, and carbon fixation

• Fixation, reduction, and regeneration

• Reduction, carbon fixation, and light reactions

• Light reactions, carbon fixation, and regeneration

What is the process called when inorganic carbon dioxide is incorporated into organic molecules?

• Carbon reduction

• Carbon synthesis

• Carbon regeneration

• Carbon fixation

What molecules are produced when three molecules of carbon dioxide react with three molecules of ribulose bisphosphate (RuBP)?

• Three molecules of NADPH

• Six molecules of ATP

• Six molecules of 3-PGA

• Three molecules of G3P

What is the ultimate electron acceptor of photosynthesis in the Calvin cycle?

• RuBisCO enzyme

• G3P molecules

• Carbon dioxide molecules

• NADPH molecules