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carbon dating

Authored by skyler pritts

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8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How is an isotope different from the standard form of a chemical element?

It has a different number of positrons.

It has a different number of electrons

It has a different number of neutrons

It has a different number of protons.

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is radioactive decay?

The ability of radioactive elements to decay into different elements over time.

The effect of exposing radioactive material to the human body.

The ability of radioactive atoms to destroy other atoms

The physical wear and tear that ancient artifacts exhibit over long periods of time.

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3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the relationship between carbon-14 and nitrogen?

Nitrogen and carbon-14 react to form radioactive elements

Over time, nitrogen becomes carbon-14.

Over time, carbon-14 becomes nitrogen

Carbon-14 can be used to date ancient nitrogen.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How much carbon-14 do you have in your system today, compared with the amount you had when you were born?

More

Less

The same amount

None

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What can you learn about an organism from the amount of carbon-14 in its remains?

How long ago it died.

What its diet consisted of.

Which biological kingdom it belonged to

Which living animals it's most closely related to.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Which of the following items can be dated with carbon-14?

a. Ceramic pitcher

b. Diamond

c. Bones

d. Statue

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why can't carbon-14 dating be used on dinosaur remains?

The remains of living creatures cannot be accurately dated with carbon-14

The carbon-14 isotope did not exist during the age of the dinosaurs.

Dinosaurs were reptiles who had no carbon-14 in their systems.

Carbon dating is only accurate to 60,000 years ago-- well after the age of the dinosaurs.

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