Combined Science GCSE
Non-renewable resource
What Non-renewable resource means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Non-renewable resource
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Reference: AQA
Because formation takes millions of years and oil is burned far faster than it forms, the resource is described as non-renewable.
Topics that use Non-renewable resource
- Crude oil, hydrocarbons and alkanes (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Crude oil
- Finite resource
- Formation over millions of years
- Fractional distillation
- General formula CnH2n+2
- Homologous series
- Saturated hydrocarbons
- Ancient biomass
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