Absolute Age & Half-Life

Absolute Age & Half-Life

11th - 12th Grade

13 Qs

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Absolute Age & Half-Life

Absolute Age & Half-Life

Assessment

Quiz

Science

11th - 12th Grade

Medium

NGSS.HS-PS1-8, CCSS.HSF.LE.A.4, NGSS.HS-ESS1-6

Standards-aligned

Created by

Amanda Hodges

Used 5+ times

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13 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

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Why are isotopes with short half-lives not useful for dating very old rocks?
because not enough of the parent isotope remains to measure accurately
because not enough of the daughter product has formed to be detectable
because neither the parent isotope nor the daughter product will be detectable
because very old rocks would never have contained these isotopes

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

Scientists use radioactive decay to measure...
relative time
absolute time
half-lives
time of day

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

The length of time required for half of the radioactive atoms in a sample to decay is its...
era
age
half-life
eon

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

How does absolute age differ from relative age?
only absolute dating indicates which rock is older than another
only absolute dating finds the age in years
only relative dating finds the age in years

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

Radiometric dating is possible because the rates of decay of radioactive isotopes _____.
change over time
change from place to place
are constant
vary widely

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

The time it takes for 50% of the nuclei in a radioactive sample to decay to its stable isotope is called _____.
the daughter product
geologic time
the half-life
the half-time

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

15 mins • 1 pt

If the half-life of a radioactive group of atoms is 100 years, then how old is the rock if there have been two half-lives?
25 years
200 years
400 years
800 years

Tags

CCSS.HSF.LE.A.4

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