Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
August 1956 5-a-day
Every sheet in August 1956
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 1956What is a glacial trough?
- 2nd August 1956In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 3rd August 1956Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 4th August 1956Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 5th August 1956A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 6th August 1956On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 7th August 1956Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 8th August 1956Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 9th August 1956Suggest one risk that a community sack garden scheme in an informal settlement might face if it relies only on volunteer labour with no formal organisation.
- 10th August 1956A city fits solar panels to 500 homes, saving an average of 900 kWh per home per year. Calculate the total electricity saved across all 500 homes in one year.
- 11th August 1956Give one difference between agribusiness and organic farming.
- 12th August 1956Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 13th August 1956A windfarm generates 640 GWh in one year. If this is expected to rise by 15% the following year, calculate the expected generation for that following year, to the nearest GWh.
- 14th August 1956What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 15th August 1956Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 16th August 1956Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 17th August 1956State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 18th August 1956A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 19th August 1956State whether a population pyramid with a narrow base and a wider top is more likely to show a youthful population or an ageing population.
- 20th August 1956State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 21st August 1956Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 22nd August 1956Give one way that urban farming projects like sack gardens can improve a household's diet, other than increasing the total amount of food available.
- 23rd August 1956Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
- 24th August 1956A supermarket can import strawberries flown a distance of 8,400 km, or buy strawberries grown 240 km away in the UK. Calculate how many times further the imported strawberries travel than the UK-grown ones.
- 25th August 1956Define 'water security'.
- 26th August 1956State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
- 27th August 1956How does an arete form?
- 28th August 1956State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
- 29th August 1956Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
- 30th August 1956Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
- 31st August 1956Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?