Radioactive isotopes are used to determine the age of antique objects, including fossils.
The half-life time of the radioactive elements is what permits the process of dating.
The half-life of C-14 is too short to be useful to date too old objects.
Precambrian time is the most antique era. C-14 hal-life is about 5730 years and Precambrian time is millions or billions of years ago. Given that the hal-life of U-235 is 704 million years it is appropiate to date the fossils from the Precambrian era.
The answer is B, they differ greatly from the properties of all their elements. For example: Water is non-flamable but it is made from hydrogen, which is highly flammable, and oxygen, a gas that supports combustion.
