Author Question: What is the only element in your body that was formed during the Big Bang, and not in cores of ... (Read 11 times)

cdr_15 · **on:** Jul 27, 2018

What is the only element in your body that was formed during the Big Bang, and not in cores of stars? Explain how you know this.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

What did radar astronomers find in the polar regions of Mercury?

A) rift valleys
B) large mare basins, such as near our Moon's south pole
C) water ice that never melts in the deep craters
D) polar caps of dry ice that vary seasonally, much like Mars
E) auroral displays much like Earth's

CharlieArnold · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Hydrogen was formed during the Big Bang and not in stellar cores. In stellar cores, hydrogen is fused into heavier elements, so the hydrogen used is that which was formed in the Big Bang.

Answer to Question 2

C