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Which of the following items could be dated by the use of radiocarbon dating? A. 65 million year old meteorite B. 15 million year old lava flow C. 60,000 year old metamorphic rock D. 60,000 year old mammoth
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Which of the following items could be dated by the use of radiocarbon dating?

A. 65 million year old meteorite
B. 15 million year old lava flow
C. 60,000 year old metamorphic rock
D. 60,000 year old mammoth bone

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C) 60,000 year old metamorphic rock. Radio carbon dating is finding out the age of something that has organic material in it 
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Carbon dating relies on the ratio of Carbon-12 and Carbon-14 in an organic substance
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