Radiometric Dating
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1
Radiometric dating measures the ratio of parent isotopes to:
A.Fossils
B.Daughter (decay product) isotopes
C.Water content
D.Mineral hardness
2
Carbon-14 dating is most useful for dating:
A.Billion-year-old rocks
B.Relatively recent organic material (up to ~50,000 years)
C.The age of the Sun
D.Liquid water
3
In radiometric dating, the time for half of a radioactive isotope to decay is its:
A.Decay constant
B.Half-life
C.Isotope ratio
D.Index age
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