10. which is (are) WRONG about dating? a. Carbon Radiocarbon Dating can be used to predict the age of dinosaurs' fossil b. Uranium Radiocarbon Dating can be used to predict the age of dinosaurs' fossil c. Carbon Radiocarbon Dating can't be used to predict the age of rock
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Carbon Radiocarbon Dating can be used to predict the age of dinosaurs' fossil - This is WRONG. Radiocarbon dating is only effective for objects up to 50,000 years old, while dinosaurs lived millions of years ago. Show more…
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Explain the main concepts behind the technique of radiocarbon dating. How can radiocarbon dating be corrected for changes in atmospheric concentrations of $C-14 ?$ What range of ages can be reliably determined by C-14 dating?
How do we know that carbon-14 (or radiocarbon) dating is accurate? Why is carbon-14 dating not dependable for determining the age of objects older than 50,000 years?
The actual ages of rocks and fossils mark geologic time. Radiometric dating can date rocks and fossils.
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