Radiocarbon Age Dating
5.
Because of interaction and exchange with atmosphere and oceans, all living tissue maintains a fixed proportion of C-14. After death, the amount of C-14 begins to decrease.
True
False
6.
A C-14 date estimates the time since the death of once-living things, up to about 50,000 years. Which of the following materials CANNOT be dated by this method?
bones
wood
soil
pottery with imbedded charcoal
volcanic ash from Pompei
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