Scientists can use a process known as radiometric___________ to determine the age of a sample of material that contains radioactive isotopes. This process measures the proportion of a radioactive isotope remaining in a sample and compares the proportion to the half-life for that particular isotope. ______________ is the time required for one half of a particular radioactive isotope to decay. Radiocarbon dating, which makes use of the carbon-14 isotope, is used for samples believed to be _________ than about 50,000 years old.