Combined Science GCSE
Biomass and carbon storage
What Biomass and carbon storage means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Biomass and carbon storage
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The carbon from carbon dioxide becomes part of glucose and then biomass, stored in living tissue and able to be buried later.
Topics that use Biomass and carbon storage
- How carbon dioxide decreased (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Atmospheric evolution
- Carbon stores
- Causes of carbon dioxide decrease
- Causes of oxygen and nitrogen increase
- Changes in atmospheric composition over geological time
- Coal
- Crude oil and natural gas
- Hydrocarbons
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