Absolute Age Dating
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Science
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8th Grade
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Hard
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Lisa Thompson
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1.
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
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 3 half-lives?
75 atoms
250 atoms
500 atoms
125 atoms
Tags
NGSS.HS-PS1-8
3.
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
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How does absolute age differ from relative age?
Only absolute dating indicates which rock is older than another
Only absolute dating finds the age in years
Only relative dating finds the age in years
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
_______________is the method of determining the absolute ages of rocks.
radiometric dating
relative dating
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The amount of time it takes for a parent isotope to decay by half
daughter-half
half-life
life-element
quarter-life
Tags
NGSS.HS-PS1-8
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How many half-lives have passed if there 12.5% parent isotope left?
1 half-life
2 half-lives
3 half-lives
4 half-lives
Tags
NGSS.HS-PS1-8
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