What is radioactive dating?
Radioactive Dating

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A method used to determine the age of materials by measuring the amount of radioactive isotopes present.
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What is a parent isotope?
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The original radioactive isotope that undergoes decay to form a daughter isotope.
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What is a daughter isotope?
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The product of the decay of a parent isotope.
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What is half-life?
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The time required for half of the parent isotope in a sample to decay into daughter isotopes.
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How do you calculate the age of a sample using half-lives?
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Multiply the number of half-lives that have passed by the length of one half-life.
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What are index fossils?
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Fossils of species that were widespread but only existed for a short period, used to date rock layers.
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What is the significance of Carbon-14 in dating?
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Carbon-14 is used to date organic materials up to about 50,000 years old.
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