Opacity (optics) Opacity is the measure of impenetrability to electromagnetic or other kinds of radiation, especially visible light. In radiative transfer, it describes the absorption and scattering of radiation in a medium, such as a plasma, dielectric, shielding material, glass, etc.
Answers.comÂ® is making the world better one answer at a time. during Calvin Benson cycle carbon dioxide from the air is used to produce glucose and other compounds.
Video: Dark Reactions of Photosynthesis: The Calvin-Benson Cycle. Photosynthesis starts out using the energy from sunlight to get things started, but it ends with the dark reactions, which don't need sunshine to complete sugar production. In the Calvin cycle, ATP and NADPH from the light reactions are used to produce sugars.