Suppose a future astronaut travels to a distance planet around a distant star. They collect rocks for dating the age of the planet and system. The astronaut compares the abundance of a certain radioactive element (half life of element = 500 million years) in the collected rocks to the abundance of the same element in a newly formed rock. They measure that there are 1/16th the number of radioactive atoms in the collected sample. How old is this planet? a. 8 billion years old.
b. 4 billion years old.
c. 1 billion years old.
d. 2 billion years old.
e. 16 billion years old.

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City 24-hr average yearly temperature in ºc total yearly precipitation in mm minsk, belarus (former ussr) (53° n, 27° e) shanghai, china (31° n, 121° e) baltimore city, usa (39° n, 76° w) helsinki, finland (60° n, 24° e) banff, canada (51° n, 115° w) kuala lumpur, malaysia (3° n 101° e) 26.5 2393.6 buenos aires, argentina (34° s, 58° w) jakarta, indonesia (6° s, 106° e) questions 1. what factor contributes most to the warm climate of kuala lumpur? 2. banff and minsk are located at similar latitudes. what could account for banff’s average yearly temperature being lower than minsk’s? 3. which city’s climate is most similar to jakarta, baltimore or kuala lumpur? explain your answer. 4. shanghai and buenos aires have located thousands of miles apart and in different hemispheres, yet their climates are similar. what reasoning could explain this?

Ozone in the upper atmosphere has been depleted by a. sulfur dioxide. b. chlorofluorocarbons. c. carbon dioxide. d. oxygen.