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प्रश्न
How can you determine the age of the fossils?
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उत्तर
The age of fossils is determined by measuring the radioactive elements such as carbon-14, uranium-238, potassium-40, or lead-206 present in the fossil or the surrounding rocks. The rate of decay of these elements helps scientists calculate the fossil’s age accurately.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
How fossils formed ?
Describe in brief two methods of determining the age of fossils.
State any one role of fossils in the study of the process of evolution.
How does Embryology study lead us to understand evolution?
Name two organisms which are now extinct and studied from their fossils.
What are fossils? Giving one example, explain how fossils provide evidence for evolution.
The fossil trilobite was originally :
(a) an arthropod
(b) an invertebrate
(c) a reptile
(d) an ave
What are fossils? How are fossils formed and how is their age determined? State the importance of fossils in the study of evolution.
Higher Order Thinking Skill (HOT)
Imprints of fossils tell us about evolutionHow?
