Radon has a half-life of about 1600 years. The Earth is

Chapter 30, Problem 14MCQ

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Problem 14MCQ

Radon has a half-life of about 1600 years. The Earth is several billion years old, so why do we still find radon on this planet?

(a) Ice-age temperatures preserved some of it.

(b) Heavier unstable isotopes decay into it.

(c) It is created in lightning strikes.

(d) It is replenished by cosmic rays.

(e) Its half-life has increased over time.

(f ) Its half-life has decreased over time.

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