Question

Summarize what happens during the Calvin cycle.

Answer 1

The Calvin cycle is the second stage of photosynthesis that uses ATP and NADPH to convert carbon dioxide into glucose.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Calvin cycle is the second stage of photosynthesis that occurs in the stroma of chloroplasts. It involves a series of reactions that use ATP and NADPH from the light reactions to convert carbon dioxide into glucose. The cycle consists of three stages: fixation, reduction, and regeneration. During fixation, carbon dioxide is added to a five-carbon compound called RuBP. Reduction involves the use of ATP and NADPH to convert the fixed carbon into a three-carbon molecule called G3P. Finally, during regeneration, some of the G3P molecules are used to regenerate RuBP, and the rest are used to produce glucose.

Answer 2

The Calvin cycle is a series of chemmical reactions that are part of the dark reactions of a photosynthesis, turning carbon dioxide into sugar. It is composed of three main phases:

1 - Carbon fixation, in which carbon dioxide (CO2) is turned from the inorganic molecule that it is to an organic molecule.

2 - Reduction, in which energy from ATP and from NADPH is used to convert the organic carbon molecules into a simple sugar

3 - Regeneration, in which glucose is produced and the molecule that started the cycle is regenerated so the cycle can continue, as the cycle must be completed a three times until it has produced the product molecules (six G3P's - Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate).