Ch. 10.3 - Radioactive Dating

breaks down and releases particles and energy, eventually turning into atoms of another element

undergoes a chemical reaction and forms a new compound, resulting in new chemical properties

gains more electrons and becomes an ion, resulting in an atom with an electric charge

is converted into glucose and water, being able to be absorbed by plants as food

True

False

it breaks down sporadically and unpredictably

it breaks down at a constant rate, like a clock ticks at a constant rate

it will eventually stop breaking down at midnight, or 12 AM

It can be used in a clock to make the clock cheaper and more affordable

looking at the fossil and seeing what type of animal it was

finding the absolute age of the sedimentary rock layer and then estimating the age of the fossil to be younger

finding the relative age of the igneous extrusions and then determining if the fossil is the same age

finding the absolute age of the igneous extrusions and estimating the age of the fossil to be somewhere between.