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When the seal in the stick is broken, the two chemicals mix together and give off a soft, green glow. Most of the light created by marine organisms is blue-green in colour. This is because blue light travels best in water, and because most marine organisms are sensitive to blue light.
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∙ 11y agoIt's a ADP-ATP reaction, such as provides energy for so many other biological activities (a phosphorous atom is captured and released from a molecule). The specific chemicals involved are usually luciferin and luciferase. "Luci-" means "light."
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∙ 10y agoA variety of arthropods and fish which have bioluminescence can be found at the related link below.
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What is the chemical equation for bioluminescence?
The chemical formula for luminol is C8H7N3O2
What are uses of bioluminescent?
Finding or attracting prey.Prey are attracted to the light in the same way that a fisherman might use a glowing lure for night fishing. Some fish use bioluminescence as a flashlight, which is how flashlight fish got their name. They use light, produced by symbiotic bacteria living in an organ below their eyes, to light up potential prey. On land, the glow of glowworms living in caves serves to attract insect prey, which get snared in the glowworms' sticky mucous threads.Defense against predators.Bioluminescence can serve as a decoy. Some squid and shrimp produce a luminescent glowing cloud similar in function to the ink cloud of squid in daylight. When attacked by a predator, scaleworms and brittlestars sacrifice a part of the body that continues to flash as the animal makes its escape. Other animals living in ocean depths where the sunlight is very dim use bioluminescence to camouflage themselves. Their bioluminescence matches the color and brightness of the dim sunlight, and is called luminescent countershading, because it fills in their shadow and makes it harder for them to be detected by predators. Many small plankton use flashes of light to startle their predators in an attempt to interrupt their feeding.Communication.The best known example is the bioluminescence of fireflies, where there is an exchange of flashes between males and females. Females respond to the flashes of flying males, with the eventual result that the male approaches the female for the purpose of mating. To avoid confusion between members of different types of fireflies, the signals of each species are coded in a unique temporal sequence of flashing. Some marine animals such as polychates (bristle worms) use bioluminescence during mating swarms, where the males will attract females to them.
Is Tomopteris the only planktonic polychaete that has yellow bioluminescence?
Yes. There are planktonic strains of the organism V. Fischeri however, which also has a rare yellow bioluminescence, but is a bacteria rather than a worm. It lives is very low quantities in all oceans of the world and is found in higher concentrations within special light organs of deep sea marine life, and in the gut of marine mammals.
What requirements do maintaining body temp transmitting nerve impulses movement of cilia and bioluminescence have in common and why is ATP important to them?
The common requirement among maintaining body temperature, transmitting nerve impulses, movement of cilia, and bioluminescence is the need for energy. ATP (adenosine triphosphate) is crucial for these processes because it serves as the primary source of energy in cells. It provides the necessary energy for maintaining body temperature by enabling cellular metabolism, powers the electrical impulses in nerve cells, fuels the movement of cilia for various functions, and is essential for the chemical reactions involved in bioluminescence.
How does the purple striped jellyfish glow in the dark?
Many types of marine life possess what is known as bioluminescence. It is as yet unclear what stimulates certain animals to exhibit this trait.See link:
What do you mean by Bioluminescence?
an animal or living being that can create its own light.
How does bioluminescence work?
Bioluminescence generally works because of bacteria dwelling within the animal's body. For example, an anglerfish's lure is bioluminescent because of a specie of bacteria residing there and taking their nutrition from the anglerfish.
What are the three main colors of bioluminescence?
bioluminescence
What is it called when light is given off by a jellyfish?
The ability for animal life to produce light is called bioluminescence.
How do squids make bioluminescence?
squids have a bacteria in there body that make bio luminance known as Vibrio Fischeri" they control it in there light organ by shutters as u control ur eye
What three substances are needed for bioluminescence to occur?
Luciferin, and enzyme called luciferase. Bioluminescence does not occur in the absence of oxygen.
The light produced by bioluminescence uses the energy from?
The light produced by bioluminescence uses the energy from a living organism. Bioluminescence occurs in marine animals, such as loose-jawed fish of the genus Tomopteris; bioluminescence also occurs in land animals, such as the glow worm and the firefly.
What energy is used from bioluminescence?
Bioluminescence is a chemical energy that is released by some living organisms. Many fish that live in the deep ocean create this kind of light. Fireflies are another well-known example of bioluminescence.
How do you use bioluminescence in a sentence?
"Bioluminescence is the biochemical emission of light by living organisms such as glow-worms and deep-sea fish..."
How is bioluminescence best classified?
Exothermic
Is bioluminescence is earth most important source of light?
bioluminescence is earths most important source of light tru or false
What is the production of light by living animals?
Bioluminescence
