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November 1956 5-a-day

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November 1956

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in November 1956

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st November 1956Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
  2. 2nd November 1956Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
  3. 3rd November 1956State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
  4. 4th November 1956A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
  5. 5th November 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.
  6. 6th November 1956State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
  7. 7th November 1956Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
  8. 8th November 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.
  9. 9th November 1956Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
  10. 10th November 1956What is meant by 'resource security'?
  11. 11th November 1956Define 'water security'.
  12. 12th November 1956State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
  13. 13th November 1956How does an arete form?
  14. 14th November 1956State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
  15. 15th November 1956Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  16. 16th November 1956Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
  17. 17th November 1956Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?
  18. 18th November 1956In Town S, five services are scored out of 100 as follows: Health 72, Education 58, Transport 64, Housing 80, Employment 66. Calculate the mean score across the five services.
  19. 19th November 1956What does GNI stand for?
  20. 20th November 1956A farmer switches from flooding a field to drip irrigation. Give one reason this reduces the amount of water needed.
  21. 21st November 1956Name one urban farming technique, other than a sack garden, that could be used to grow food in a small space in a city.
  22. 22nd November 1956State one transport strategy, other than cycling, that can reduce car use in a city centre.
  23. 23rd November 1956Give one difference between agribusiness and organic farming.
  24. 24th November 1956Give one physical factor that can cause a region to have low water availability.
  25. 25th November 1956Give one type of previous land use on the site where Whitelee Windfarm was built.
  26. 26th November 1956Name the process by which rock fragments carried within ice scrape and grind against the bedrock.
  27. 27th November 1956Suggest one reason why revised building codes introduced after the earthquake might take a long time to reduce risk across the whole country.
  28. 28th November 1956Is planting a forest to absorb carbon dioxide an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  29. 29th November 1956Why might selective logging with replanting be more sustainable than clear-felling?
  30. 30th November 1956Give one reason why a compound (divided) bar chart might be chosen over a simple bar chart when comparing rainfall from two different rain gauges each month.