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For which of the following examples would carbon-14 dating be appropriate for dating?


A.

6,000-year-old seeds from an ancient culture


B.

a 65-million-year-old dinosaur fossil from China


C.

mineral formations in caves that are a million years old


D.

90,000-year-old rocks in the Grand Canyon

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Carbon-14 dating would be most appropriate for answer A: 6,000-year-old seeds. Carbon-14 is an organic radiocarbon, the decay of which is studied through dating to determine how old something is. The other three answers are too old for carbon-14 dating as the organic material would have already long decayed.

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Of the following examples, that which would be appropriate for carbon-14 dating is  A.  6,000-year-old seeds from an ancient culture.

Carbon-14 dating is a way of tracing the organic matter content of animals and plants that existed some years ago.

  • Carbon-14 dating will only be effective for materials that lived some 50,000 years ago.

  • Given this knowledge, organisms that have lived millions of years ago will not be properly identified using carbon-14 dating.

  • In fact, organisms that existed above 50,000 years ago will not be accounted for.

  • Therefore, option A is correct.

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