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Uses of Radioactive Radiation Quiz

For which of the following problems would a scientist most likely use carbon-14? 

A. to calculate the age of the Earth’s oldest rocks

B. to calculate the age of a piece of bone 

C. to identify the elements that make up a rock 

D. to identify the elements that make up a bone

Select your answer:
     


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Radioactive dating uses the half-life of different radioactive materials to provide information about the _______ of a sample.

A. purity

B. age

C. radioactivity

D. nuclear stability



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