Question

why the firefly glow at night?

Answer 1

Answer:

Fireflies produce a chemical reaction inside their bodies that allows them to light up. This type of light production is called bioluminescence. When oxygen combines with calcium, adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and the chemical luciferin in the presence of luciferase, a bioluminescent enzyme, light is produced.

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Answer 2

Question :-

Why the firefly glow at night?

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Answer :-

Fireflies can produce light energy .

Well they convert chemical energy into light energy .

Chemical energy is in the form of ATP .

This ATP , an energy rich compound is converted to light energy.

Several chemical reactions takes place to generate ATP.

Thus we can say that fireflies are luminous bodies since it can produce light.

So a firefly glows at night even when there is no external source of light energy.

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