Why Can the Lead-Acid Batteries Used in Cars Generate Electricity

question 19

Multiple Choice

Why can the lead-acid batteries used in cars generate electricity for several years before running down?

• A)A lead-acid battery is so large that it holds large quantities of the chemicals whose electrochemical interaction creates the electricity.
• B)The mechanical motion of the engine drives an alternator that generates electricity to recharge the battery.
• C)These batteries are used only to generate the electricity that makes the first spark plug "spark." Therefore,they are hardly used at all when a car is started,and never when it is driven.
• D)The electrons they generate,not the chemical components,provide almost all of the electricity.

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