Question

Deep ocean anglerfish have special organs that utilize chemical energy to produce light that the fish uses to capture prey. The light is then lost to the fish. Explain why this phenomenon does not violate the Law of Conservation of Energy.

Answer 1

Deep sea anglerfish makes use of bioluminescence to attract prey as well as potential partners and this doesn’t violate the law of conservation of energy.

Step-by-step explanation:

Deep sea anglerfish lives at very big depths under the sea and thus there is hardly any light available at these depths. The anglerfish depends on bacteria for luminescence since it cannot produce light on its own. Thus it maintains a symbiotic relationship with the photobacteria.

There is no violation of energy conservation law here. The light energy is not produced from nothingness but from the bacteria. There is no creation of energy or destruction of energy in this case.