Question

What characteristic of radioactive decay makes it useful for determining the absolute age of samples?

Question 10 options:

occurs at a constant rate

changes based on temperature

speeds up under high pressure

slows down in very dense samples

Answer 1

occurs at a constant rate

Answer 2

occurs at a constant rate

Step-by-step explanation:

Radioactive dating is the use radioactive decay to determine the age of samples or substances.

Radioactive dating is the process of determining the age of a sample or substances based on the radioactive isotopes found in that substance and the radioactive decay constant or rates.

The elements that are used in radioactive dating is Carbon, Potassium and Uranium.

Radioactive decay is a very accurate means of determining the age of a samples because of the constant rate at which it occurs.