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_____ is an example of a technique that determines the absolute age of an object or an event.

A. Fossil matching
B. Uniformitarianism
C. Radiocarbon dating
D. The law of superposition

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Option (C)

Step-by-step explanation:

Radiocarbon dating is a technique to determine the age of an object or a fossil. This is also known as the carbon dating method. Here, carbon is used which has a half life of approximately 5700 years. This half life depicts the time required for the object (fossil) containing carbon to decay half of its initial composition. It is a very efficient method and are used to date objects that are comparatively very recent. This unstable carbon-14 changes to a stable nitrogen-14 after it is completely decayed.

Thus, this method helps in determining the absolute age of an object.

Hence, the correct answer is option (C).

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