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Willard Libby
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  • 1. In what year was Willard Libby awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry?
A) 2001
B) 1943
C) 1985
D) 1960
  • 2. Where was Willard Libby born?
A) Dallas, Texas
B) New York City, New York
C) Chicago, Illinois
D) Grand Valley, Colorado
  • 3. Which university did Willard Libby teach at?
A) University of California, Los Angeles
B) Oxford University
C) Stanford University
D) Harvard University
  • 4. What element is used in radiocarbon dating?
A) Iron-55
B) Sodium-22
C) Oxygen-16
D) Carbon-14
  • 5. In what year was Willard Libby born?
A) 1937
B) 1925
C) 1950
D) 1908
  • 6. What is the process by which an unstable atomic nucleus loses energy by emitting radiation called?
A) Radioactive decay
B) Isotopic breakdown
C) Atomic dissolution
D) Nuclear fusion
  • 7. What type of particles do carbon-14 atoms emit during radioactive decay?
A) Neutrons
B) Alpha particles
C) Gamma rays
D) Beta particles
  • 8. What was the title of Willard Libby's Nobel Lecture?
A) Chemical Bonding in Nature
B) The Secrets of the Universe
C) The Power of Atoms
D) Radiocarbon Dating
  • 9. What research technique did Willard Libby pioneer?
A) Astrology
B) Radiocarbon dating
C) Alchemy
D) Telepathy
  • 10. Where did Willard Libby complete his Ph.D.?
A) Princeton University
B) University of California, Berkeley
C) Yale University
D) Cambridge University
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