Which statement explains how determining the age of the remains of living things is similar to dating rocks? a. organisms and rocks both contain stable and unstable elements. b. organisms contain the same unstable elements as those found in rocks. c. elements in rocks decay at the same rate as elements in the remains of organisms. d. rocks and organisms both have gases trapped inside that are measured to determine age.

The correct answer is:

Radiometric dating or radioactive dating is a method used to date materials such as rocks or carbon, in which particle radioactive contaminants were selectively consolidated when they were formed. Radioactive decay is the breakdown of fissionable elements into stable components.

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true. earthquakes are felt whenever there is a slip around a fault in the rocks below the earth. this reorientation of faults create sesmic waves and is known as earthquake, the severity of which is measured in richter scale. these are more prominent in hilly regions as the rocks usually form faults to balance the pressures on it.