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What is the main purpose of the dark reactions (Calvin cycle) in photosynthesis?
What is the main purpose of the dark reactions (Calvin cycle) in photosynthesis?
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What is the main purpose of the dark reactions (Calvin cycle) in photosynthesis?
To capture light energy
To produce ATP
To fix carbon dioxide into organic molecules
To release oxygen
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The dark reactions, or Calvin cycle, fix carbon dioxide into organic molecules like glucose.
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Q: What is the main purpose of the dark reactions (Calvin cycle) in photosynthesis?
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The dark reactions, or Calvin cycle, fix carbon dioxide into organic molecules like glucose.
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Step 1: Understand that photosynthesis has two main parts: light reactions and dark reactions.
Step 2: Know that the dark reactions are also called the Calvin cycle.
Step 3: Learn that the main purpose of the Calvin cycle is to take carbon dioxide from the air.
Step 4: Realize that the Calvin cycle uses energy from the light reactions to convert carbon dioxide into organic molecules.
Step 5: Identify that one of the main organic molecules produced is glucose, which plants use for energy.
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