Why Can Studies of Carbon Isotopes Be Used to Detect

question 46

Multiple Choice

Why can studies of carbon isotopes be used to detect the presence of past biological activity in rocks?

• A) living organisms absorb only the most common carbon isotope
• B) living organisms remove all carbon from rocks
• C) living organisms absorb certain carbon isotopes more easily than others
• D) carbon isotopes are found only in living organisms

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