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Explain why less oxygen would enter the blood at a high altitude than would enter the blood at sea level.


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Calvin Cycle

A set of biochemical reactions that take place in the stroma of chloroplasts in photosynthetic organisms, resulting in the conversion of carbon dioxide and other compounds into glucose.

Thylakoid Membrane

Membranous sacs located within the chloroplasts of plants, sites of the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis.

Carbohydrate Molecules

Organic compounds consisting of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms, serving as a major energy source and structural component of living organisms.

Stroma

The supportive tissue framework of an organ, or the dense fluid within chloroplasts where the Calvin cycle occurs in photosynthesis.

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