Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
July 1958 5-a-day
Every sheet in July 1958
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st July 1958Name the power station whose closure in 2024 ended coal-fired electricity generation in Great Britain.
- 2nd July 1958State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 3rd July 1958Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 4th July 1958What is a glacial trough?
- 5th July 1958In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 6th July 1958Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 7th July 1958Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 8th July 1958A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 9th July 1958On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 10th July 1958Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 11th July 1958Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 12th July 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.
- 13th July 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.
- 14th July 1958Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
- 15th July 1958Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 16th July 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.
- 17th July 1958What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 18th July 1958Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 19th July 1958Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 20th July 1958State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 21st July 1958A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 22nd July 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.
- 23rd July 1958State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 24th July 1958Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 25th July 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.
- 26th July 1958Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
- 27th July 1958What is meant by 'resource security'?
- 28th July 1958Define 'water security'.
- 29th July 1958State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
- 30th July 1958How does an arete form?
- 31st July 1958State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.