Peat bogs are wetlands. Decay in a peat bog is very slow, so dead plant material builds up over thousands of years as peat. Peat bogs store large amounts of carbon. Peat bogs are drained so that the peat can be dug up, dried and sold to gardeners as compost.
Explain the effects on the environment of destroying peat bogs to produce compost.
49 exam-style questions on AQA GCSE Biology 7.3 Biodiversity and the effect of human interaction on ecosystems, covering 7.3.1 Biodiversity, 7.3.2 Waste management, 7.3.3 Land use, 7.3.4 Deforestation, 7.3.5 Global warming, and 7.3.6 Maintaining biodiversity. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.