Multiple Choice
Carbon isotope dating is useful in studying the history of life because ____.
A) the ratio of 14C to 12C in living organisms changed at key geological events
B) 12C decays at a set rate based on a set time scale
C) 14C is incorporated into fossil remains only
D) carbon is only incorporated into living organisms
E) carbon is lost uniformly once an organism dies
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