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Question bank: Unit 4 — Dating Planet Earth

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1.
The half-life of a radioactive element is the time for:
all of the element to decay
half of the quantity to decay
the element to double
the rock to melt
2.
A rock sample contains 50% of the original amount of a radioactive element. How many half-lives have passed?
1
2
3
4
3.
The fraction of a radioactive element remaining after 3 half-lives is:
1/3
1/6
1/8
1/9
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