Q. How many Calvin cycles are required to produce 5 molecules of glucose?

A) 60
B) 15
C) 30
D) 90
Explanation

Glucose is a hexose sugar. It’s one molecule contains six carbon atoms. As Calvin cycle takes in only one carbon (as $CO_{2})\$at a time, six turns of this cycle will be required to produce one molecule of glucose (6C). Hence, for producing 5 molecules of glucose (30 molecules of carbon), 30 turns of Calvin cycle are required.

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