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    What Is the Source of Most of the Carbon and Oxygen
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What Is the Source of Most of the Carbon and Oxygen

Question 17

Question 17

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What is the source of most of the carbon and oxygen in the interstellar medium?


A) the Big Bang
B) nova explosions
C) supernova explosions
D) winds from asymptotic giant branch stars

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