Chemistry GCSE
Carbon cycle and carbon stores
What Carbon cycle and carbon stores means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Carbon cycle and carbon stores
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Carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere when carbon becomes locked into solid or buried stores rather than remaining as a gas.
Topics that use Carbon cycle and carbon stores
- How carbon dioxide decreased (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Atmospheric carbon dioxide decrease
- Atmospheric evolution
- Evolution of the atmosphere
- Formation of fossil fuels
- Formation of sedimentary rocks
- Photosynthesis
- Geological timescales and atmospheric change
- Photosynthesis and oxygen accumulation
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