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Step 1-Light Dependent |
CO2 and H2O enter the leaf |
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Step 2- Light Dependent |
Light hits the pigment in the membrane of a thylakoid, splitting the H2O into O2 |
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Step 3- Light Dependent |
The electrons move down to enzymes |
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Step 4-Light Dependent |
Sunlight hits the second pigment molecule allowing the enzymes to convert ADP to ATP and NADP+ gets converted to NADPH |
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Step 5-Light independent |
The ATP and NADPH is used by the calvin cycle as a power source for converting carbon dioxide from the atmosphere into simple sugar glucose. |
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Step 6-Light independent |
The calvin cycle converts 3CO2 molecules from the atmosphere to glucose |
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calvin cycle |
The second of two major stages in photosynthesis (following the light reactions), involving atmospheric CO2 fixation and reduction of the fixed carbon into carbohydrate. |
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