What differs between a radioactive isotope and a stable isotope? a. stable isotopes are shorter b. radioactive isotopes last longer c. radioactive isotopes last for less time d. there is no diffrence

Answer is: C. radioactive isotopes last for less time.

For example, polonium is rare and highly radioactive metal with no stable isotopes.  Due to the short half-life of all its isotopes, its natural occurrence is limited to tiny traces of the fleeting polonium-210 (with a half-life of 138 days) in uranium ores.

On other hand, the half-life for the radioactive decay of U-238 (stable isotope) is 4.5 billion years and is independent of initial concentration.

1. a)c-14 has two more protons

2. d)they have different numbers of protons, neutrons, and valence electrons; they are all gases at room temperature.

3. c) iron and nickel.