Absolute Age Dating

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Science
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7th Grade
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Hard
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Charles Martinez
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21 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Determining actual age of an event or object in years is called
absolute dating
radioactive decay
half-life
radiometric dating
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
The breakdown of a radioactive isotope into the stable isotope of the same element or of another element is called
absolute dating
radioactive decay
half-life
radiometric dating
Tags
NGSS.HS-PS1-8
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
The time needed for half of a sample of a radioactive substance to undergo radioactive decay to form daughter isotopes is called
absolute dating
radioactive decay
half-life
radiometric dating
Tags
NGSS.HS-PS1-8
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Finding the absolute age of a sample by determining the relative percentage of a radioactive parent isotope and a stable daughter isotope is called
absolute dating
radioactive decay
half-life
radiometric dating
Tags
NGSS.HS-PS1-8
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
Atoms of the same element that have a different number of neutrons are called
absolute dating
radioactive decay
half-life
isotopes
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
How much of a radioactive parent isotope remains after one half-life has passed?
all of the parent isotope because half-life refers to the time it takes for half of a radioactive substance to undergo radioactive decay
half of the original amount because half-life refers to the time it takes for half of a radioactive substance to undergo radioactive decay
one quarter of the original amount because half-life refers to the time it takes for half of a radioactive substance to undergo radioactive decay
Tags
NGSS.HS-PS1-8
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
15 mins • 1 pt
If a parent isotope is at 16 and the daughter isotope is at 0, what will happen to the parent isotope after one half-life?
the parent isotope stays 16
the parent isotope becomes 8
the parent isotope becomes 4
Tags
NGSS.HS-PS1-8
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