My 6 year old daughter received quite a few games for Christmas,which all need batteries.She wanted to know what is inside a battery,to make them work,and i was unable to answer her.
So can you guys and gals,give me a simple answer for my daughter please.
2006-12-27 10:43:37 · 20 answers · asked by nicky dakiamadnat600bugmunchsqig 3 in Games & Recreation ➔ Other - Games & Recreation
magic - she's six she doesn't need to concern herself with what makes batteries tick - although it is good to see that tv hasn't killed all enthusiasm
2006-12-27 10:52:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
There's a huge background of science to how batteries work and trying to explain even the basics of this to a 6-year old is not easy.
The simplest way that I can think of to explain is that sometimes when different materials come into contact in a certain way - in the case of a battery, 1 or more metals and an acid or caustic liquid or paste - there is a reaction and that produces energy and that energy can be tapped off by putting a wire on each end and you get electricity out.
Now that's massively simplistic and the true scientists out there will probably pick it full of holes. However, it's my best shot.
If your daughter wants to see a chemical reaction in progress which is (very) vaguely similar and can be viewed in the home, show her the action of limescale remover on limescale.
2006-12-27 11:02:32 · answer #2 · answered by Brian 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Batteries have three parts, an anode (the negative side), a cathode (the positive side), and the electrolyte (the substance that conducts electricity). The cathode and anode (the positive and negative sides at either end of a traditional battery) are hooked up to an electrical circuit by placing the battery in a machine that uses it.
The chemical reactions in the battery cause a build up of electrons at the anode. The electrons wants to rearrange themselves to get rid of this difference, so the only place they have to go is the cathode. But, the electrolyte keeps the electrons from going straight from the anode to the cathode within the battery. When you put the battery in the machine that uses it, the machine closes the circuit and the electrons travel through it to get to the cathode.
So for example, say you stick a battery in a flashlight. When you do that, you close the circuit and the electrons on the negative side of the battery flow through the circuit to the cathode because they have no other place to go. Those electrons are the electricity that power the flashlight.
2006-12-27 10:56:34 · answer #3 · answered by fiddlecub 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a chemical with two pieces of (usually) metal stuck into it. When you apply a current, the chemical ionises (splits up into positive and negative ions), and the positive ones go one way, the negative ones the other. When you use it, they join up again, and it goes flat.
If you want to know why, well that's just the way the universe is made!
You can make a cell yourself with a lemon and two pins, though you'll get only about a quarter of a volt.!
BTW, the word you want is "cell", not "battery". A battery is a group of cells joined together. The voltage of a cell depends on what it's made of, not on its size. An ordinary zinc-carbon cell, for instance, is 1.5 volts, even if it's the size of a house. If you take apart a 9 volt battery, you'll see it's made of six cells.
2006-12-27 11:33:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
from my basic knowledge.
Its a chemical that includes limited electrical energy in which is produced and passed through the electrical object when connected together in a circuit. It acts like an electrical socket and plug only using a chemical in which acts the same way.
I have a feeling theres something to do with magnetic energy, not sure.
Im not too sure on that one, most of that was made up, but it sounded good!
2006-12-27 10:50:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
For a six-year old? I'd say a big pile of electrons...they go out and make the game work...when they are all gone, the battery is dead.
2006-12-27 10:52:28 · answer #6 · answered by Captain Jack 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The simple answer is that a battery is a device that stores electricity.
2006-12-27 10:47:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
dont make your girls head hurt
just say batteries have power inside dem wich are called eletrons and when they run out the power runs out so you cant play the game.
2006-12-27 23:01:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Inside is a little bit of stored electrical energy.
2006-12-27 10:54:05 · answer #9 · answered by Clown Knows 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
a battery is made of two half's electrode and electrolyte and the ions from one half mixes with the other half and produces the power
2006-12-27 11:18:58 · answer #10 · answered by Aonarach 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋