Question

In the net formula of the CETCH (“ketch”) cycle, two moles of this molecule react in vitro to form a mole of gly·oxylate. This molecule is stored at extremely high concentrations inside Chlamydomonas (“kluh-MID-oh-moh-nuss”) pyrenoids and cyanobacterial microcompartments. (0[1])This molecule slowly (0[1])adds to the five-carbon acid RuBP and (0[1])splits it into (0[1])two molecules (0[1])of (20[1])3-phosphoglycerate. (20[6]0[1])This molecule (20[1])reacts with (0[1])PEP (“P-E-P”) to form oxalo·acetate (20[2])in mesophyll cells, then is (0[1])released from (*) C4 (10[1])acids inside bundle sheath cells. (10[2])In genus Crassulacea (10[1]0[1])(“crass-uh-LAY-shuh”), stomata uptake this molecule (10[1])at night (10[1])until enough ATP accumulates (0[1])to use it in the stroma during the (10[1])day. RuBisCo fixes this molecule in the Calvin (0[1])cycle. (0[1])For 10 points, chloroplasts consume water and what gas (10[3])to make sugars (10[1])during (10[1])photosynthesis? (10[5])■END■ (10[7]0[1])

ANSWER: carbon dioxide [or CO2; accept bicarbonate ion; reject “carbon”]
<Michael Bentley, Science - Biology&gt; ~23131~ &lt;Editor: Adam Silverman>
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Jonathan TaoStevenson BLake Highland380
Tyler SongWinston Churchill BWinnebago450
Brielle RachRockford Auburn BHoover B480
Felix SacksLincoln-Way EastCarl Sandburg500
Charles HeydtMidtownInnovation Academy A5120
Andrew TsuiCanyon CrestWilliam Fremd5220
Ayan KohliHunter BBelvidere520
Alec RisoThomas Jefferson BJohns Creek A5220
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Jonathan OuyangUniversity LabRichard Montgomery5220
Omar HamidDunbarMira Loma5220
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Matthew KohnHunter ADetroit Country Day560
Yashwanth BajjiTroyDallas County6020
Vardhan AgnihotriSt. Mark'sRockford Auburn A6020
Russell DillakNorthmont BDetroit Catholic Central C650
Alex JiangHinsdale CentralWalter Payton6810
Ibrahim MohammadChattahoochee AHeights7310
Brian O'ConnellWoodlandMaggie Walker A7310
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Hayden LeyWashingtonElkhorn North860
Brady LaughlinWest PointDetroit Catholic Central B9410
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Thomas ColganNorrisJohn Adams A11210
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Clete ReinbergerCincinnati Hills ChristianSaint Joseph11210
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Nate MrozDetroit Catholic Central CNorthmont B11710
Hatice CaliskanCarl SandburgLincoln-Way East11710
Dillan RinehartWinnebagoWinston Churchill B11810
Kaiwen XiaoIrvington AChoate Rosemary Hall11810
Arthur GaydenDetroit Country DayHunter A1180
Aryan PathakLake HighlandStevenson B11810
Keith DelarosaHoover BRockford Auburn B11810
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