Combined Science GCSE
Carbon store
What Carbon store means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Carbon store
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Reference: AQA
Peat is a long-term store of carbon because carbon taken from the atmosphere by living plants becomes locked in it.
Topics that use Carbon store
- Land use (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Biodiversity loss
- Combustion
- Competition for finite land
- Greenhouse gas
- Habitat destruction and fragmentation
- Peat as a slow-forming, carbon-rich resource
- Biodiversity decline
- Decay
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