Combined Science GCSE
Combustion
What Combustion means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definitions of Combustion
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Reference: AQA
A return process in which fossil fuels and other organic material are burned, releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
The burning of fossil fuels for electricity, heating and transport, which releases carbon dioxide.
Burning peat releases carbon dioxide directly as the carbon in the peat combines with oxygen.
Burning a fuel in oxygen, which releases energy.
Topics that use Combustion
- Energy transfer during exothermic and endothermic reactions (AQA GCSE)
- How materials are cycled (AQA GCSE)
- Land use (AQA GCSE)
- The carbon footprint and its reduction (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Greenhouse gas
- Biodiversity loss
- Carbon cycle
- Carbon dioxide equivalent
- Carbon footprint
- Changes of state
- Competition for finite land
- Control variables
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