Chapter 21, Problem 1CQ

Your body is composed of electric charges. Does it follow, then, that you produce an electric current when you walk?

To determine

Whether electric current is produced or not when we walk.

Answer to Problem 1CQ

No, electric charged is not produced by our body when we walk.

Explanation of Solution

The human body is electrically neutral until it comes in contact with some electrically charged object but human body is capable of storing charge like a capacitor Current flows through any object when there is net movement of the charge.

Electric current is produced by the motion of the charge if the human body is electrically neutral then there is no charge flow and hence no current flow. The human body is capable of storing the charge up to $3\text{kV}$ but human body is generally remains neutral and hence it is not capable to produce current when we walk.

Conclusion:

Therefore, our body does not produce electric current when we walk.