Question

1.     Using radioactive isotopes to determine the data of objects such as rocks and fossils is a technique known as…

a.     Relative dating
b.     Evolutionary dating
c.      Radiometric dating
d.     None of the above

Answer 1

Radiometric dating,

radioactive dating or

radioisotope dating is a

technique which is used

to date materials such as

rocks or carbon, in which trace

radioactive impurities were selectively

incorporated when they were formed.