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fireflies produce some chemical reactions inside their body and that will allow them to light up and this process is known as bio luminescence. When oxygen combines with calcium,adenosine triphosphate and chemical luciferin in the presence of luciferase, a bio luminescent enzyme is produced.
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How do you use the word glow in a sentence?
The glow of the burning factory could be seen for many miles. Fireflies use cold chemical luminescence to make themselves glow.
How do some flies glow?
Fireflies use a chemical reaction to produce light. It is called bioluminescence. They produce chemicals called luciferin (a pigment) and luciferase (an enzyme) during bioluminescence. Luciferin reacts with oxygen to produce the light, while luciferase acts as a catalyst which speeds up the process.
How do you use luciferous in a sentence?
The luciferous glow of the fireflies lit up the night sky.
Why do fire flies glow?
To attract matesChemicals in the firefly's abdomen produce a light. They use that light to attract mates in mating season.The light they produce is cold light. Usual light is warm.In some species of fireflies, female fireflies can't fly.
How do fireflies get their food?
Fireflies use camaflauge to caych their prey
What are fireflies looking for when they flash their lighted abdomens at night?
What fireflies are looking for when they flash their lights are mates, but there are other reasons as to why they would flash their lights. They flash their lights as a survival method telling their predators that the chemicals in their light has a very bitter taste. They also use their light as a warning to other fireflies to stay away.
Why do fireflies glow at night?
Fireflies or lightning bugs use specific flash patterns to signal potential mates. Their glow also lets predators know that they taste bad.They have a bulb that glows. The male firefly has only one bulb whereas the female firefly has two bulbs which allows it to glow brighter than its male counterpart.
What type energy does glow sticks use?
Light Energy, Potential Energy, and possibly Heat Energy.
What type of spark plug is good for your diesel truck?
Diesel trucks don't use spark plugs, they use glow plugs. For your tuck i don't know ecpesifcally which glow plug you need cause you never mentioned what your truck is.
How do single use glow sticks work?
Disposable glow sticks utilize a chemical reaction to produce their familiar green glow. A glass capsule inside the plastic tube releases a phenyl oxalate solution into the surrounding hydrogen dioxide solution, and once they are mixed well, they react with each other and produce light energy. It is possible to manipulate the color of the glow stick depending on the chemicals used.
How much energy do fireflies use when glowing?
nobody knows
How did the AZtecs use fireflies?
they didn't written by Stan the man
