A Scientist Who Uses Carbon-14 Dating Is Actually Measuring the

question 45

Multiple Choice

A scientist who uses carbon-14 dating is actually measuring the

• A) age of the Earth.
• B) age of the igneous rocks.
• C) time since the death of a living thing.
• D) time that an artifact was made.
• E) number of carbon ions in a material.

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