Radioactive Dating

_________________ is a method of determining the absolute ages of rocks.

• Radioactive dating

• Radioactive decay

• Relative age

• Counting the rings of a rock

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Geologist use radioactive dating to determine the absolute age of rocks.

• true

• false- relative age

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________________ is the time it takes for half of the radioactive atoms in an element to decay.

• Half-life

• Radiation

• Relative age

• Full-life

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Some elements can decay over time.

• true

• false- all elements

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An element that has broken down and released particles and energy is said to be __________________.

• radioactive

• igneous

• half-life

• sad

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During _________________, the atoms of one element break down to form atoms of another element.

• radioactive decay

• relative dating

• absolute age

• tooth decay

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The time required for half of the parent isotope to decay into daughter isotopes.

• Absolute Age

• Relative Age

• Fossil

• Half-life

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According to the graph, what fraction of the original parent isotope still exists after 3 half lives?

• 0,5000 g

• 0,2500 g

• 0,1250 g

• 0.0625 g

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Using ESRT (A) [Radioactive Decay Data], what is the half-life in standard notation of carbon-14?

• 5,700 years

• 57,000 years

• 570,000 years

• 5,700,000 years

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Using ESRT (A) [Radioactive Decay Data], what is the half-life in standard notation of Uranium-238?

• 4,500 years

• 450,000 years

• 4,500,000 years

• 4,500,000,000 years

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