The radioactive decay of carbon-14 is first-order and the half-life is 5800 years. while a plant or animal is living, it has a constant proportion of carbon-14 (relative to carbon-12) in its composition. when the organism dies, the proportion of carbon-14 decreases as a result of radioactive decay and the age of the organism can be determined if the proportion of carbon14 in its remains is measured. if the proportion of carbon-14 in an ancient piece of wood is found to be one quarter that in living trees, how old is the sample?

Which term refers to a property that depends only on the amount of a substance? ©@

Astudent made a graph plotting the progress of a reaction over time. the student forgot to label the y-axis of the graph. a graph is shown with two graph lines. one graph line starts at a higher position on the y axis and slopes downwards towards the right. the other graph line starts at a lower position on the y axis and slopes upwards towards the right. the two graph lines stop short of intersecting each other and continue as separate lines which gradually become straight and parallel to the x axis. a vertical line is shown at a point where the two graph lines finally became parallel to the x axis. this vertical line is labeled equilibrium. the title on the x axis is time and an arrow pointing towards the right is shown above time. the title on the y axis is left blank. what best explains the label that the student should use on the y-axis? amount, because as the amount of product decreases, the amount of reactant increases over time. reaction rate, because forward and backward reaction become equal at equilibrium. amount, because the amounts of reactants and products become constant after equilibrium is reached. reaction rate, as the rate of forward reaction increases and rate of backward reaction decreases over time.

What is the standard unit of measure for acceleration?