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Introduction: RuBP is a five-carbon compound that is used in the Calvin cycle to produce glucose. The Calvin cycle is a light-independent reaction that utilizes RuBP as a substrate to generate ATP and NADPH along with carbohydrate, glucose.
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Which of the following descriptions about photorespiration is not correct?
Select one:
a. Rubisco binds O2 instead of CO2.
b. Carbon dioxide is released without producing ATP.
c. It limits damaging products of light reactions that build up in the absence of the Calvin cycle at low CO2 concentrations.
d. Peroxisomes and mitochondria rearrange and split the compound made by rubisco to fix CO2.
e. It occurs in hot and dry conditions.
Which of the following statements about the Calvin-Benson cycle is TRUE?
Select one:
a. Blocking light causes 3PG to accumulate.
b. All the statements are false.
c. Rubisco catalyzes the formation of RuBP.
d. ATP and NADPH + H+ are required to regenerate RuBP.
e. More molecules of NADPH than ATP are required per cycle.
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
Select one:
a. The immediate product of the light energy absorbed by the P680 reaction center is used to produce NADPH.
b. In cyclic photophosphorylation, the chlorophyll is reduced by electrons liberated from water molecules.
c. The O2 gas produced during photosynthesis is derived from CO2.
d. In noncyclic photophosphorylation, electrons from water are used directly for the reduction of P700.
e. All of the statements are false.
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