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If a firefly glows in the dark is that a chemical or physical change?
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∙ 14y ago
It's a physical change. A chemical change is when a new substance is formed. A physical change is when something looks, feels, tastes, or smells different, but it's the same substance. You see the firefly is always glowing, it's just the fact that the human eye cannot see it because it is being over powered by the light of the Sun; but it's still the same firefly.
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∙ 12y agoit is a physical change
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