A company measures only the carbon dioxide released while its product is being made. Why is this not the full carbon footprint of the product?
It leaves out the mass of carbon that stays inside the finished product
It leaves out the carbon dioxide that dissolves in the oceans each year
It leaves out the carbon dioxide the raw materials absorbed as they grew
It leaves out the greenhouse gases released at all the other life stages
40 exam-style questions on AQA GCSE Chemistry 9.2 Carbon dioxide and methane as greenhouse gases, covering 9.2.1 Greenhouse gases, 9.2.2 Human activities which contribute to an increase in greenhouse gases in the, 9.2.3 Global climate change, and 9.2.4 The carbon footprint and its reduction. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.