Question

Radiocarbon dating can be used to determine the age of a fossil because the amount of carbon-14 found in the fossil...

a. increases steadily over time.
b. decreases steadily over time.
c. is unaffected by time.
d. remains the same for the first 10 years, and then rapidly decreases.

Answer 1

B

Step-by-step explanation:

Carbon-14 will steadily decrease in a dead organism. Fossils are no different. Sense it's dead already, it will still be getting rid of the last bit of carbon-14 it has in a steadily way.