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What does the Calvin cycle use to reduce carbon dioxide?

ATP and NADPH.

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  1. Oxygen and water
  2. Chlorophyll and lignin
  3. ATP and NADPH ✔

Why: The Calvin cycle uses ATP and NADPH made in the light reactions to reduce carbon dioxide into sugars.

Huh, didn't know that: The Calvin cycle uses ATP and NADPH made in the light reactions to reduce carbon dioxide into sugars.

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ATP and NADPH are the leaf's power couple.
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Answer: ATP and NADPH. The Calvin cycle uses ATP and NADPH made in the light reactions to reduce carbon dioxide into sugars.

  1. Photosynthesis en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthesis
    uses the newly formed NADPH and releases three-carbon sugars
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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