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Dating the Earth

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  • The time it takes for 50% of the nuclei in a radioactive sample to decay to its stable isotope is called ____.
  • Carbon-14 is an isotope
  • Assume you began with 10 g of a radioactive parent isotope. How many grams of parent isotope will be present in the sample after 2 half-lives?
  • In general, the law of superposition states that in an undeformed sequence of sedimentary rocks, each layer is ____.
  • What is the currently accepted age of Earth?
  • The dating process that places geologic events in proper sequence is referred to as a ____.
  • Atoms with the same atomic number but different mass numbers are called ____
  • An unconformity is a(n) ____.
  • How is radioactive decay used to determine the absolute age of rocks?
  • The process by which atomic nuclei spontaneously decay is called ____.
  • Younger layers of undisturbed sedimentary rock are above older layers according to

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