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The scientist who suggested using radioactive decay to age-date the Earth was?
William Thompson (later known as Lord Kelvin)
What is the source of heat in the Earth interior?
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Who was the scientist that suggested using radioactive decay to age-date the earth?
Ernest Rutherford, a New Zealand-born physicist, proposed the idea of using radioactive decay to estimate the age of the Earth in the early 20th century. His work laid the foundation for radiometric dating techniques that are now commonly used in geology and archaeology.
What is the source of heat in the Earth's interior?
The main sources of heat in the Earth's interior are residual heat from the planet's formation, radioactive decay of elements like uranium, thorium, and potassium, and heat generated by ongoing processes like mantle convection and core formation. This heat leads to processes like plate tectonics, volcanic activity, and the Earth's magnetic field.
What causes heat in center of earth?
Radioactive Decay
Where does heat originate from the earth?
Underground - from radioactive decay.
Importance of radioactive decay?
it is used by scientist to to calculate a rock's age
What is a colorless naturally occurring radioactive inert gaseous element formed by radioactive decay?
It is radon that we see formed from the decay of naturally radioactive substances in the earth's crust.
How does the temperature change from the crust to earth to the core?
Radioactive decay!
How does the temperature change from the crust to earth's core?
Radioactive decay!
What is the link between the radioactive decay of the earth's core and convection currents?
The radioactive decay produces heat energy, which keeps the convection currents moving.
What alkaline earth metal is radioactive?
There are two radioactive alkaline earth metals: radium (Ra) and radium (Ra). Both elements have radioactive isotopes that undergo radioactive decay.
