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The earth is a huge ball covered with water, rocks, soil, and it is surrounded by air. Throughout advances in science, geologists have learned more and more about the earth and have been able to unravel mysteries and expand our knowledge of our planet. Where did t ....

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.... the metal Uranium is left to decay, it would take approximately 4.5 billion years for it to turn into half a pound of Lead ( Howter, 1996, Radiometric Dating: An Exercise in Faith). As it turns out, this is what scientists believe to be. The assumption that the earth is 4.5 billion years old has raised doubts in the minds of some skeptics who question the accuracy of the data used in radiometric dating! They claim that without knowing the exact amount of Uranium in the beginning, most of the calculations will be based on assumptions and if one is to assume the amount of Uranium that existed 4.5 billion years ago, then, there is a chance that calcu ....