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Radiometric Lesson

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Question 1

1.

What year was Mt. Rushmore completed?

Question 2

2.

How old are the rocks of Mt. Rushmore?

Question 3

3.

Radiometric dating relys on the fact that elements have ___________.

isotopes

quarks

neutrons

protons

Question 4

4.

What is a half-life?

Question 5

5.

Carbon dating measures what form of carbon?

Carbon 10

Carbon 9

Carbon 14

Carbon 13

Question 6

6.

What element do we measure for long periods of time?

Uranium 238

Carbon 12

Carbon 14

Uranium 242

Question 7

7.

What is the daughter isotope of uranium?

Question 8

8.

What country was the oldest rock on the planet found?

Question 9

9.

Radiometric dating is reliable.

True

False

Question 10

10.

Use your own words to describe a "half-life"