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GCSE Geography · key term
A fuel formed from ancient organic material over millions of years. Coal, oil and natural gas are fossil fuels.
Used by AQA and Edexcel
Specification 3.2.3.4 · Paper 2
Coal, oil or natural gas formed from the remains of organisms over millions of years.
Revise: Strategies for Increasing Energy Supply and Fossil FuelsGovernments can develop renewable sources, extract more fossil fuels or build nuclear power stations. These strategies have different costs, environmental effects and levels of reliability.
Specification 2.3, 6.3, 6.5 · Paper 1, Paper 2
A carbon-containing fuel formed from ancient organic material, such as coal, oil or natural gas.
Revise: Anthropogenic Climate ChangeEnergy production releases carbon dioxide when coal, oil or natural gas is burnt to generate electricity or provide heat. These fossil fuels contain carbon; during combustion, this combines with oxygen to form carbon dioxide.
A fuel formed from the remains of ancient organisms over millions of years. Coal, oil and natural gas are fossil fuels.
Paper 3
Coal, oil or natural gas: fuels formed from ancient organic material over millions of years.
Revise: Classification and impactsCoal, oil and natural gas are fossil fuels formed over millions of years. Extracting and burning them uses up deposits much faster than natural processes replace them. A coal deposit is therefore like a store that becomes smaller each time fuel is removed.
Nuclear power is non-renewable because uranium is finite, but it is not a fossil fuel.
Name the resource precisely: uranium is a non-renewable nuclear fuel, not a fossil fuel.
Distinguish extraction from use: mining can scar the landscape, whereas burning the extracted fossil fuel releases carbon dioxide.
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