Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
April 1958 5-a-day
Every sheet in April 1958
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st April 1958Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
- 2nd April 1958Give one reason a shared, transboundary river can create uncertainty over water supply for a downstream country.
- 3rd April 1958Explain why battery storage or backup power stations are needed alongside a windfarm like Whitelee.
- 4th April 1958Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
- 5th April 1958Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
- 6th April 1958What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
- 7th April 1958What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
- 8th April 1958Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
- 9th April 1958Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
- 10th April 1958Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 11th April 1958In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 12th April 1958Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 13th April 1958Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 14th April 1958What is meant by 'resource security'?
- 15th April 1958State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 16th April 1958Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 17th April 1958What is a glacial trough?
- 18th April 1958In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 19th April 1958Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 20th April 1958Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 21st April 1958A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 22nd April 1958On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 23rd April 1958Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 24th April 1958Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 25th April 1958Suggest 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.
- 26th April 1958A 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.
- 27th April 1958Give one difference between agribusiness and organic farming.
- 28th April 1958Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 29th April 1958A 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.
- 30th April 1958What is a corrie (or cirque)?