Refer to the Graphs Below Summarizing Results from Experiments on Sugar

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Essay

Refer to the graphs below summarizing results from experiments on sugar beet plants grown in an environmental chamber with a 14-hour light/10-hour dark cycle.Pieces of leaves were cut from the plants every hour during the light period and ground up to release their cells' contents.Assays were then done to measure the enzyme activities of three different enzymes that participate in the Calvin cycle.The results were graphed in separate graphs as shown. The enzymes include rubisco, fructose bisphosphatase (FBPase), and phosphoribulokinase (PRK).What do the data indicate about the effect of light on enzymes in the Calvin cycle? Explain why this effect is beneficial to the plant.

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