Radioactive Dating Techniques Have Revealed That Our Earth and Moon

question 11

Multiple Choice

Radioactive dating techniques have revealed that our Earth and Moon are approximately how old?

• A) about 6,000 years
• B) about 2 million years
• C) about 100 million years
• D) about 4.5 billion years
• E) you can't fool me, we have no way of measuring ages as old as the Earth's
• Section 4.4: Origin of the Solar System

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