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- In radiometric dating, scientists compare the proportion of a radioactive parent isotope to a stable.
- The process by which atomic nuclei spontaneously decay is called ____.
- The time it takes for 50% of the nuclei in a radioactive sample to decay to its stable isotope is called ____.
- Radiometric dating is possible because the rates of decay of radioactive isotopes ____.
- Which two substances do geologists use in radiocarbon dating?
- Which of the following items would Radiocarbon Dating not be useful for?
- If the half-life of an unstable isotope is 10,000 years, and only 1/8 of the radioactive parent remains in a sample, how old is the sample?
- Radiocarbon dating is used to date ____.
- Radiocarbon dating could be used to date which of the following?
- If Hydrogen-3 has decayed for 24 years, how many half lives have occurred if the half life of Hydrogen-3 is 12 years?
- If Iodine-131 has a half life time of 8 days, how many half lives have occurred in 72 days?
- If Carbon-14 has undergone 4 half lives, how much time has passed if it has a half life of 5730 years?
- If Thorium-235 has a half life time of 14 billion years, how many half lives have occurred in 42 billion years?
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