What is selective breeding? what is cloning? what is genetic engineering? what is dna fingerprinting? what is the purpose of the human genome project? what is inbreeding? what is hybridization? what is gene theraphy? what is a genome? what is cystic fibrosis? what is sickle cell disease? what is hemophilia? what is down syndrome?

Selective breeding is when people use animals or plants to selective develop phenotypic traits. cloning is producing similar populations of genetically developed identical individuals.genetic engineering is manipulation of organisms genes using biotech. dna fingerprinting is process of determining an individuals dna characteristics called a dna profile that is likely to be different in unrelated individuals. purpose of the hgp was to provide a complete actual sequence of 3 billion dna base pairs that make up genomes in humans.

answer: carbon 14 can only be used to determine the age of the organisms that were once living, and igneous rocks are non living.

explanation:

carbon 14 dating is used to determine the age of the sample by estimating the amount of carbon 14 present in the sample and then comparing it with a reference standard.carbon 14 is a isotope of carbon which is radioactive and unstable. carbon 14 is assimilated by all plants and animals throughout their life from carbon dioxide. however, one the organisms die they stop this assimilation and the carbon 14 content starts to decrease.by knowing how much of carbon 14 is left in an organism after his death, one can estimate the age of the organism. the materials whose age can be estimated by carbon 14 method are the organic compounds. however, some inorganic compounds such as aragonite   shell can also be dated.however, if we consider the igneous rocks it is a non living component which never accumulated carbon 14 in it and thus, we cannot use carbon 14 dating method to estimate its age.