In the following passage, the numbered spaces can be filled with biological terms.
During the light-independent reaction of photosynthesis, carbon dioxide is fixed to a five-carbon compound called (1), a reaction catalysed by the enzyme (2). This forms an unstable six-carbon intermediate that immediately splits into two molecules of (3). These molecules are then reduced to triose phosphate using energy from ATP and hydrogen atoms/electrons from (4).
Write the correct biological term matching each number:
(1) ___________________________________
(2) ___________________________________
(3) ___________________________________
(4) ___________________________________
Describe the light-independent reaction of photosynthesis.