Fossil fuels
What Fossil fuels means in Geography GCSE, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: AQA
A non-renewable source of energy consisting of coal, oil and natural gas.
Non-renewable energy sources formed from the remains of living organisms (coal, oil, natural gas).
Topics that use Fossil fuels
- Energy (AQA GCSE)
- To meet demand, countries use energy resources in different proportions. This is called the energy mix (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Renewable Energy
- Biomass
- Carbon footprint
- Economic development
- Energy deficit
- Energy insecurity
- Energy Mix
- Energy Security
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