Geological Dating and Radioactivity Quiz

Geological Dating and Radioactivity Quiz

8th Grade

15 Qs

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Geological Dating and Radioactivity Quiz

Geological Dating and Radioactivity Quiz

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Science

8th Grade

Practice Problem

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NGSS
HS-PS1-8

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the numerical age in years of a rock or object called?

Geological age

Relative age

Radiometric age

Absolute age

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the release of energy from unstable atoms known as?

Radioactivity

Fission

Decay

Fusion

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons called?

Ions

Compounds

Isotopes

Molecules

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the process by which an unstable element naturally changes into a stable element?

Chemical reaction

Nuclear fusion

Ionization

Radioactive decay

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the time required for half of the parent isotopes to decay into daughter isotopes called?

Isotope period

Half-life

Decay time

Radioactive interval

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which isotope is used to determine the ages of human artifacts or things that were once living?

Thorium-232

Potassium-40

Uranium-238

Carbon-14

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which isotope is useful for dating rocks, such as lava, whose age is between a million and a billion years?

Carbon-14

Potassium-40

Uranium-235

Rubidium-87

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

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