Higher Biology Unit 3 - Key Area 1

State what term describes the molecule produced when CO₂ is fixed to RuBP

• Rubisco

• 3 - Phosphoglycerate

• G3P

• Glucose

State what term describes the enzyme that fixes CO₂ in the Calvin cycle.

• Rubisco

• 3 - Phosphoglycerate

• G3P

• Glucose

State what term describes the compound in the Calvin cycle that can be converted to glucose or regenerate to RuBP.

• Rubisco

• 3 - Phosphoglycerate

• G3P

• Glucose

State what term describes graph showing wavelengths of light absorbed by a pigment.

• Absorption Spectrum

• Action Spectrum

State what term describes the physical process of passing light through a leaf.

• Absorption

• Reflection

• Transmission

State what term describes the molecule that CO₂ is fixed to in the Calvin Cycle.

• RuBP

• 3 - Phosphoglycerate

• G3P

• Rubisco

State what term describes the light that strikes the leaf and passes away from its surface back to the atmosphere.

• Absorption

• Reflection

• Transmission

State what term describes graph the wavelengths of light used for photosynthesis.

• Absorption Spectrum

• Action Spectrum

Identify X on the diagram above

• Absorption

• Reflection

• Transmission

Identify Y on the diagram above

• Absorption

• Reflection

• Transmission