Photosynthesis

Question 1

What molecule is released from the Calvin Cycle during photosynthesis?

Answer 1

Glyceraldehyde - 3 - phosphate

Question 2

What molecule does an intermediate carbon chain split into?

Answer 2

Phosphoglycerates

Question 3

What molecules are rearranged using energy from ATP and NADPH, and which molecule do they become?

Answer 3

Phosphoglycerate –> Glyceraldehyde - 3 - phosphate –> ribulose - 5 - phosphate

Question 4

What molecule is rearranged using energy from ATP only, and which molecule does it become?

Answer 4

Ribulose - 5 - phosphate –> ribulose biphosphate

Question 5

Ribulose biphosphate

Answer 5

RuBP

Question 6

RuBP

Answer 6

Ribulose biphosphate

Question 7

What is it called when water molecules are split?

Answer 7

Photolysis

Question 8

Phosphoglycerate

Answer 8

PGA

Question 9

PGA

Answer 9

Phosphoglycerate

Question 10

Glyceraldehyde - 3 - phosphate

Answer 10

G3P

Question 11

G3P

Answer 11

Glyceraldehyde - 3 - phosphate

Question 12

Photorespiration

Answer 12

When oxygen is attached to RuBP instead of carbon, creating errors in the cycle