The theory of natural selection explains the gradual changes which occur in the population of a species over time. According to natural selection, those organisms which are better adapted to live in an environment survive and pass on their traits to their offsprings. As a result, the traits of a species tend to change over time through the process of evolution. Evolutionary changes do not occur rapidly, instead, they can take many years to occur.

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2 years ago

The half life for the decay of carbon-14 is 5.73 x 10 years. Suppose the activity due to the radioactive decay of the carbon-14

Elena-2011 [213]

Answer:

Age of the atifact is $4.2\times 10^{2}$ years

Explanation:

For first -order radioactive decay- $A_{t}=A_{0}(\frac{1}{2})^{\frac{t}{t_{\frac{1}{2}}}}$
$A_{t}$ represents activity of radioactive nuclide after t time, $A_{0}$ represents initial activity of radioactive nuclide and $t_{\frac{1}{2}}$ represents half-life
Here, $A_{t}=19Bq$ , $A_{0}=20Bq$ and $t_{\frac{1}{2}}=5.73\times 10^{3}years$

Plug-in all the given values in the above equation-

$19=20\times (\frac{1}{2})^{\frac{t}{5.73\times 10^{3}}}$

or, $t=4.2\times 10^{2}$

So, age of the atifact is $4.2\times 10^{2}$ years

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2 years ago

Do you round when dividing significant figures

Tatiana [17]

Answer: You multiply and divide when rounding division significant figures

Explanation: Both multiplying and dividing significant figures have the same rule. That rule is, the FINAL ANSWER of a multiplication and division problem should be rounded to the number of significant figures that is the least amount of any figures used in the multiplication or division. Let us demonstrate below.

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3 years ago

How many pairs of homologous chromosomes are found in human body cells

suter [353]

There are 22 pairs of <span>homologous chromosomes are found in human body cells.</span>

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2 years ago