Combined Science GCSE
Conservation of limited metal ores
What Conservation of limited metal ores means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Conservation of limited metal ores
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Recycling means metal is used again instead of being discarded, which conserves limited metal ores.
Topics that use Conservation of limited metal ores
- Ways of reducing the use of resources (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Balancing benefits against drawbacks
- Conservation of raw materials
- Evaluating
- Reuse versus recycling
- Separation and processing of scrap
- Using data to support judgements
- Energy and resource use in extraction versus recycling
- Energy saving
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