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The Calvin Cycle

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What molecule enters the Calvin cycle?

a)

Carbon dioxide

b)

Oxygen

c)

Glucose

d)

Water

2.

How many cycles are needed to produce 1 molecule of glucose?

a)

1 cycle

b)

3 cycles

c)

6 cycles

d)

12 cycles

3.

Which part of the Calvin cycle uses energy from ATP?

a)

Reduction of GP to triose phosphate

b)

RuBP reacting with carbon dioxide

c)

Production of water

d)

Oxidation of RuBP

4.

The enzyme (a)   is needed for RuBP to react with carbon dioxide.

5.

How many carbon atoms are in RuBP?

a)

4

b)

6

c)

5

d)

3

6.

What does RuBP stand for?

a)

rubiscon bisphosphate

b)

rubisco enzyme phosphate

c)

Are you biology pro

d)

ribulose bisphosphate

7.

Put the steps of the Link Reaction into the correct order in which they occur.

a)

RuBP reacts with CO2

b)

...this is catalysed by the enzyme rubisco

c)

GP is reduced using NADPH and ATP

d)

This produces NADP which can be used in the LDR

e)

Triose phosphate can be recycled into RuBP, or go towards making glucose.

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
8.

Match the reactants with their products

ATP

Unstable 6C molecule

2 x Glycerate 3-phosphate reduced into...

ADP + Pi

Carbon dioxide + RuBP

2 x Glycerate 3-phosphate

NADPH

NADP+

Unstable 6C molecule

2 x triose phosphate

9.

How many molecules of glucose are produced for each cycle of the Calvin cycle?

a)

1/6

b)

1

c)

6

d)

0.6

10.

What is the majority of the triose phosphate produced in the Calvin cycle used for?

a)

to produce glucose

b)

recycled for into reactants for the LDR

c)

recycled into RuBP

d)

to produce pyruvate

11.
The Calvin Cycle occurs in the ___________.
a)
Stroma
b)
Thylakoid Membrane
c)
Enzyme ATP Synthase
d)
Chlorophyll
12.

After 12 GP molecules are created, 10 are used to regenerate _________, while the other 2 are used to create __________.

a)
RuBP, C6H12O6
b)
Glucose, CO2
c)
ATP, Glucose
d)
Glucose, RUBP
13.

What happens to the majority of the GP molecules in the last step of the light independent reactions?

a)
They are used to make glucose.
b)
They are reshuffled to make CO2 by adding ATP.
c)
They exit the cycle.
d)
They are reshuffled to make RuBP by adding ATP. 
14.

How many GP molecules make one molecule of glucose? 

a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4