Modern Nuclear Bomb Tests Have Created an Extra High Level

question 16

Multiple Choice

Modern nuclear bomb tests have created an extra high level of ¹⁴C in our atmosphere.When future archaeologists date samples from this era,without knowing of this testing,will their dates be too young? Too old? Correct? If correct,why?

• A)too young
• B)too old
• C)Correct,since ¹⁴C from bomb tests is different from that produced naturally.
• D)Correct,because modern biological materials do not gather 14C from bomb tests.

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