Carbon Dating

Quiz
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Science
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8th - 9th Grade
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Hard
Standards-aligned
Charles Martinez
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14 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The rate at which nuclear decay takes place is measured by
neurons
a radioisotope’s half-life.
decay rates
temperature
Tags
NGSS.HS-PS1-8
2.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
The half-life of a radioisotope is
the time it takes to double in size
the time it takes to die
the time it takes for half the nuclei to decay
the time it takes to have dance party
Tags
NGSS.HS-PS1-8
3.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Who would use half-life of radioisotopes
historians
archaeologists
builders
engineers
Tags
NGSS.HS-PS1-8
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why do we use half life of the radioisotope carbon-14?
to determine the age of fossils and ancient materials
to record sea floor spreading
to breakdown the process of decay
to measure the radioactivity of objects
Tags
NGSS.HS-PS1-8
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Carbon dating relies on
the fact that all living things contain a small amount of carbon-14
organisms dying
washing your hands
organism remaining constant
6.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Explain what the graph means
7.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Therefore, by measuring the amount of carbon-14 in fossils and bones, scientists can
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