Chapter 15, Problem 2TE

To determine

The older atoms from the body of an old woman or the body of a young girl.

Answer to Problem 2TE

Neither the atoms that made the body of young girl nor the atoms that made the body of old woman are older.

Explanation of Solution

The atomic structure all the things are formed up of same type of atoms. All the atoms consist of electron, proton and neutrons. The atoms are neither destroyed nor created. These are transformed from one thing to other things. The atoms that made the universe and that made the human body are same.

The atoms of all human bodies are same. Neither the atoms of the old woman nor the young girl is older. The atoms that made the body of a young girl is same as the atoms that made the body of an old woman.

Conclusion:

Therefore, neither the atoms that made the body of young girl nor the atoms that made the body of old woman are older.