Question

Carbon dating is utilised to ______.

Options

• determine the age of fossils

• calculate the amount of radioactivity

• determine the rate of radioactivity

• none of the above

Answer 1

Carbon dating is utilised to determine the age of fossils.

Explanation:

Carbon dating uses the radioactive isotope carbon-14 (¹⁴C) to estimate the age of fossils and other once-living materials by measuring the remaining radioactivity.