How many carbon atoms are there in the human body approximately?

Understanding Carbon-14 and Radiocarbon Dating

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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80 trillion trillion
26 trillion trillion
80 trillion
26 trillion
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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What is the role of cosmic rays in the formation of carbon-14?
They remove electrons from carbon atoms.
They add a proton to nitrogen atoms.
They convert carbon-12 to carbon-14 directly.
They initiate a reaction that adds a neutron to nitrogen atoms.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Why do living organisms contain carbon-14?
They convert carbon-12 to carbon-14.
They produce it internally.
They absorb it from the atmosphere.
They only contain carbon-12.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What happens during the beta decay of carbon-14?
It gains a neutron and becomes carbon-15.
It gains an electron and becomes nitrogen-15.
It loses a proton and becomes carbon-13.
It loses an electron and becomes nitrogen-14.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the half-life of carbon-14?
50,000 years
5,700 years
10,000 years
1,000 years
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who was the first scientist to measure carbon-14 in samples?
Albert Einstein
Marie Curie
Willard Libby
Niels Bohr
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the advantage of using AMS over the beta decay method?
It can measure older samples.
It is more accurate.
It is faster.
It is cheaper.
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