Exam 23: The Calvin Cycle

Choose the correct answer from the list below. Not all of the answers will be used. -Glucose 1-phosphate, glucose 6-phosphate, and fructose 1-phosphate belong to the ____________.

Choose the correct answer from the list below. Not all of the answers will be used. -The sugar ____________, found in plants, is readily transported and easily mobilized.

The C₄ pathway is necessary in tropical plants because:

Choose the correct answer from the list below. Not all of the answers will be used. -____________: Organisms that can synthesize glucose from CO₂ and water.

The three stages of the Calvin cycle are ________________:

Choose the correct answer from the list below. Not all of the answers will be used. -The enzyme ____________ is involved in both the Calvin cycle and the pentose phosphate pathway.

The enzyme that catalyzes the rate-limiting step in hexose synthesis is:

Choose the correct answer from the list below. Not all of the answers will be used. -____________ is another name for ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase.

Describe the stages of the Calvin cycle.

Rubisco is found:

Why are reactions of the Calvin cycle called the "dark reactions"?

What is the source of carbons for the Calvin cycle?

What is the energy requirement for the formation of hexose from CO2 in terms of ATP equivalents and NADPH?

The immediate unwanted side-reaction of rubisco is:

How is rubisco activity controlled?

Choose the correct answer from the list below. Not all of the answers will be used. -____________: These organisms obtain energy from chemical fuels.

The currency of reducing power is:

Which coenzyme is required by glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase in chloroplasts to convert 3-phosphoglycerate into glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate?

In photorespiration, oxygen is consumed and ________________ is released .

Plants adapt to arid ecosystems using ________________.