What are the products of the light-dependent stage that are used in the Calvin cycle?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. ATP and NADPH
- Step 1: Light energy is used to split water and make ATP and NADPH.
- Step 2: The Calvin cycle uses these to reduce 3-phosphoglycerate to G3P/sugars.
Answer
ATP and NADPH.
Why not the others: Glucose and oxygen: these are made later or released. Carbon dioxide and water: these are raw materials. RuBP and pyruvate: these are not products of the light stage.
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