The Calvin cycle and synthesis of biological molecules

5.8 i) Understand the light-independent reactions as reduction of carbon dioxide using the products of the light-dependent reactions (carbon fixation in the Calvin cycle, the role of GP, GALP, RuBP and RUBISCO).

ii) Know that the products are simple sugars that are used by plants, animals and other organisms in respiration and the synthesis of new biological molecules (polysaccharides, amino acids, lipids and nucleic acids).

CORE PRACTICAL 11: Investigate photosynthesis using isolated chloroplasts (the Hill reaction).