Compared to the atoms that make up the body of an elderly person, the atoms that make up the body of a newborn baby are
A)newer.
B)actually older.
C)the same age.

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Atoms are not created or destroyed in the processes that form living organisms; they are simply rearranged. Therefore, the atoms in both an elderly person and a newborn baby are as old as the universe itself, making them the same age.

Compared to the Atoms That Make Up the Body of an Elderly