What Is Radiometric Dating

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Multiple Choice

What is radiometric dating?

• A)The process of determining the age of a fossil from radioactive isotopes
• B)The mineralization process by which living things are turned into fossils
• C)The process of determining the age of a fossil based on its location in layers of rocks
• D)The process of determining the age of a fossil using radio waves

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