2007-05-19 09:22:06 · 5 answers · asked by what ever ? 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
Interesting question. The answer depends on one's definition of "electricity" and on how one looks at the question. The battery is using chemical reactions to cause a current to flow, if one calls an electric current , "electricity" then the battery is generating electricity, but the other parts of the circuit are converting that flow to light and heat, or "consuming", not "generating" electricity. So the circuit as a whole is not "generating" electricity.
2007-05-19 10:40:35 · answer #1 · answered by tinkertailorcandlestickmaker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually no. A battery doesn't generate elctricity, it just creates a force to make the electrons move in the wires or in the devices conected with it. If you could count the electrons before placing the battery and after they would be the same.
2007-05-19 16:29:00 · answer #2 · answered by BFG9000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
???
No. Such a circuit is most definitely *not* generating electricity. It is consuming it (turning it into heat and light)
Doug
2007-05-19 16:52:55 · answer #3 · answered by doug_donaghue 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say yes it is generating electricity (electrical energy) from chemical energy.
2007-05-19 17:41:05 · answer #4 · answered by Lobster 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What is your question? You just said "If you have a circuit . . . . ." You left out the question part.
2007-05-19 16:33:04 · answer #5 · answered by Renaissance Man 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋