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Critical Thinking Questions

BiologyCritical Thinking Questions
16.

What is the overall outcome of the light reactions in photosynthesis?

17.

Why are carnivores, such as lions, dependent on photosynthesis to survive?

18.

Why are energy carriers thought of as either “full” or “empty”?

19.

Describe the pathway of electron transfer from photosystem II to photosystem I in light-dependent reactions.

20.

What are the roles of ATP and NADPH in photosynthesis?

21.

Why is the third stage of the Calvin cycle called the regeneration stage?

22.

Which part of the light-independent reactions would be affected if a cell could not produce the enzyme RuBisCO?

23.

Why does it take three turns of the Calvin cycle to produce G3P, the initial product of photosynthesis?

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