Question

All matter in the universe, you and every atom that makes you up, and those that make up your dog, or cat, or trees, or snakes, or ladybugs, or whales, Jupiter or lions, or water, or viruses, were all created by atoms that were first created by the:

a) Big Bang
b) Supernova
c) Evolution
d) Chemical Reactions

Answer 1

Atoms that make up all matter originated from the Big Bang, which is the correct answer to the question. Following the Big Bang, stars and supernovae processed and distributed the elements necessary for the variety of matter in the universe.

Step-by-step explanation:

All matter, including every atom that makes up you, your dog, trees, and all other forms of life and non-life like Jupiter or water, ultimately originated from atoms that were first created by the Big Bang. This monumental event occurred about 14 billion years ago and resulted in the first subatomic particles and atoms, primarily hydrogen and helium. It was only after the Big Bang that stars processed these primordial elements through nuclear fusion, resulting in the heavier elements necessary for life and the diverse matter we see in the universe today. Supernova explosions contributed by distributing these elements into space, a process known as stellar nucleosynthesis. Thus, rather than supernovae or other processes like evolution or chemical reactions creating all the atoms in the universe, they were merely mechanisms for the assembly and distribution of elements synthesized after the Big Bang.