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AP Biology›Unit 3: Cellular Energetics›Photosynthesis and Respiration

Photosynthesis

The light reactions capture energy as ATP and NADPH, and the Calvin cycle uses them to fix CO₂ into sugar. Track where each molecule goes.

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Light-dependent reactionsThe Calvin cycleChemiosmosis in the chloroplast

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Unit 3: Cellular Energetics

Enzymes and Activation Energy
Photosynthesis
Cellular Respiration

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Also called: light reactions, calvin cycle, chloroplast