Absolute age dating

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  • 1. Half-life
  • 2. Raidiocarbon dating
  • 3. Varves
  • 4. Radioactive decay
  • 5. Radiometric dating
  • a. Determining the age of organic mateials, which contain a lot of carbon.
  • b. The time it takes for a radioactive isotope to decay to one-half of its original amount.
  • c. Bands of alternating light and dark coloured sedimends of sand, clay and silt. can be over 120,000 years.
  • d. When scientists use radioactive isotopes to date an object.
  • e. The emission of radioactive particals changing one isotope into another isotope over time
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Created by hoyyaah

  • b 1. Half-life
  • a 2. Raidiocarbon dating
  • c 3. Varves
  • e 4. Radioactive decay
  • d 5. Radiometric dating
  • a. Determining the age of organic mateials, which contain a lot of carbon.
  • b. The time it takes for a radioactive isotope to decay to one-half of its original amount.
  • c. Bands of alternating light and dark coloured sedimends of sand, clay and silt. can be over 120,000 years.
  • d. When scientists use radioactive isotopes to date an object.
  • e. The emission of radioactive particals changing one isotope into another isotope over time

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