Light dependent reaction

Absence of light

Water cannot split

Absence of water

No light reactions

absence of carbon

Calvin cycle cannot occur without carbon

Products of Calvin cycle

G3P

Calvin cycle placement

Stroma of chloroplast

What happens to carbon in Calvin cycle?

CO2 molecules combined to make glucose

Products of light dependent

Oxygen, ATP, NADPH

Reactants of Calvin cycle

Dark Reaction or light Independent— CO2, ATP, NADPH

What happens to water in light dependent reactions

Water splits

Granum

Sac of membrane bound thylakoids

photosynthesis requirement

Light

chlorophyll

pigment of plants