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May 1958 5-a-day

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May 1958

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st May 1958Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
  2. 2nd May 1958Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
  3. 3rd May 1958State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
  4. 4th May 1958A 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 May 1958State 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 May 1958State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
  7. 7th May 1958Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
  8. 8th May 1958Give 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 May 1958Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
  10. 10th May 1958A 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.
  11. 11th May 1958Define 'water security'.
  12. 12th May 1958State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
  13. 13th May 1958How does an arete form?
  14. 14th May 1958State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
  15. 15th May 1958Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  16. 16th May 1958Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
  17. 17th May 1958Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?
  18. 18th May 1958In 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 May 1958What does GNI stand for?
  20. 20th May 1958A farmer switches from flooding a field to drip irrigation. Give one reason this reduces the amount of water needed.
  21. 21st May 1958Name 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 May 1958State one transport strategy, other than cycling, that can reduce car use in a city centre.
  23. 23rd May 1958State whether the north and west of the UK, or the south and east, has the larger water surplus, and give one reason why.
  24. 24th May 1958Give one physical factor that can cause a region to have low water availability.
  25. 25th May 1958Give one type of previous land use on the site where Whitelee Windfarm was built.
  26. 26th May 1958Name the process by which rock fragments carried within ice scrape and grind against the bedrock.
  27. 27th May 1958Suggest one reason why revised building codes introduced after the earthquake might take a long time to reduce risk across the whole country.
  28. 28th May 1958Is planting a forest to absorb carbon dioxide an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  29. 29th May 1958Why might selective logging with replanting be more sustainable than clear-felling?
  30. 30th May 1958Give 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.
  31. 31st May 1958Two countries plot at exactly the same point on a triangular graph of employment structure. State what this tells you about their economies.