Chemistry GCSE
Fossil fuels
What Fossil fuels means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Fossil fuels
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Reference: AQA
Coal, oil and natural gas, which are limited resources that will eventually run out and whose burning releases carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas.
Topics that use Fossil fuels
- Ways of reducing the use of resources (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Crude oil as the feedstock for most plastics
- Earth's finite raw materials
- Evidence-based decision making
- Habitat and landscape destruction
- Impurities
- Landfill
- Limited resources
- Manufacture of glass, building materials and clay ceramics
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