Absolute Dating

Absolute Dating

8th Grade

15 Qs

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Absolute Dating

Absolute Dating

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Hard

NGSS
HS-PS1-8, HS-PS1-2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

If the half-life of a radioactive group of atoms is 300 years, then how old is the rock if there have been three half-lives?

37.5 years

100 years

600 years

900 years

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

If you had 1000 atoms of parent isotope, then how many parent atoms would you have after 1 half-life?

75 atoms

250 atoms

500 atoms

125 atoms

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

If you had 1000 atoms of parent isotope, then how many parent atoms would you have after 2 half-lives?

75 atoms

250 atoms

500 atoms

125 atoms

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

If you had 1000 atoms of parent isotope, then how many parent atoms would you have after 3 half-lives?

75 atoms

250 atoms

500 atoms

125 atoms

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

If the half-life of a radioactive group of atoms is 100 years, then how old is the rock if there 25% parent isotope left?

50 years

100 years

200 years

300 years

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

If the half-life of a radioactive group of atoms is 100 years, then how old is the rock if there 12.5% parent isotope left?

50 years

100 years

200 years

300 years

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following methods is used in absolute dating to determine the age of a rock?

Radiocarbon dating

Dendrochronology

Thermoluminescence

Stratigraphy

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