AP BIOLOGY

PHOTOSYNTHESIS

LIGHT DEPENDENT REACTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Plants need carbon dioxide from their environment to produce glucose during which stage of photosynthesis?
A
The light-dependent stage
B
The light-independent stage (The Calvin Cycle)
C
The electron transport chain
D
ATP formation
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Calvin cycle takes place in the stroma and uses the ATP and NADPH from the light-dependent reactions to fix carbon dioxide, producing three-carbon sugars-glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate, or G3P, molecules.

Detailed explanation-2: -Stage II is called the Calvin cycle. This stage combines carbon from carbon dioxide in the air and uses the chemical energy in ATP and NADPH to make glucose.

Detailed explanation-3: -Photosynthesis is a series of chemical reactions divided into two stages, the light reactions and the Calvin cycle. During the first stage, water is used and oxygen is produced. In the second and final stage, carbon dioxide is used, and glucose isproduced.

Detailed explanation-4: -In stage 1, the enzyme RuBisCO incorporates carbon dioxide into an organic molecule. In stage 2, the organic molecule is reduced. In stage 3, RuBP, the molecule that starts the cycle, is regenerated so that the cycle can continue.

Detailed explanation-5: -During which stage of photosynthesis is glucose made? The Calvin cycle takes over where the light reactions end. It uses chemical energy stored in ATP and NADPH (from the light reactions) and carbon dioxide from the air to produce glucose, the molecule that virtually all organisms use for food.

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