Which half-life is longer?
Exercise and reference answers
- Questions
- A
- Carbon-14, 5730 years
- B
- Uranium-238, 1.25 billion
- Higher value
- Uranium-238, 1.25 billion
- A
- Uranium-235, 700 million
- B
- Carbon-14, 5730 years
- Higher value
- Uranium-235, 700 million
- A
- Uranium-238, 1.25 billion
- B
- Uranium-235, 700 million
- Higher value
- Uranium-238, 1.25 billion
- A
- Carbon-14, 5730 years
- B
- Uranium-235, 700 million
- Higher value
- Uranium-235, 700 million
- Instructions
- Tap the isotope with the longer half-life.
Explanation
_Source: OpenStax Biology for AP(R) Courses (CC BY 4.0), Ch 2 'The Chemical Foundation of Life', sections 2.1-2.3_