An organism that cannot make its own food is called a heterotroph. All animals and species of fungi, along with some types of bacteria, are heterotrophs.
atom, molecule, cells, tissues, organ, organ system, organism
Radiometric dating depends on radiation from carbon atoms which means only carbon based things can be dated. And life is based on carbon so basically only living things can be dated.
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Forests store large amounts of carbon. When fossil fuels are burned, carbon from dead and decayed plants, animals and phytoplankton that lived hundreds of millions of years ago (before dinosaurs existed), is released into the atmosphere in the form of carbon dioxide. .