Monday, December 10, 2012

Photosynthesis Wrap Up


Monday December 10th
The second part of photosynthesis does not depend on light and therefore is known as the Light Independent Reaction (Sometimes called the dark reaction but that is not an accurate term because it does happen when light is available, it just does not depend on the energy from the sun) .
During this stage Carbon from Carbon Dioxide is added to an organic molecule found in the chloroplast to produce Glucose.  The enzyme that catalyzes this reaction is called Rubisco

After this, I had you finish up the directed reading, active reading, and "quiz" questions from the book.  We will move into cellular respiration tomorrow.

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