Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
December 1958 5-a-day
Every sheet in December 1958
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 1958In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 2nd December 1958Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 3rd December 1958Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 4th December 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.
- 5th December 1958State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 6th December 1958Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 7th December 1958What is a glacial trough?
- 8th December 1958In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 9th December 1958Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 10th December 1958Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 11th December 1958A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 12th December 1958On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 13th December 1958Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 14th December 1958Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 15th December 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.
- 16th December 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.
- 17th December 1958State whether the north and west of the UK, or the south and east, has the larger water surplus, and give one reason why.
- 18th December 1958Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 19th December 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.
- 20th December 1958What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 21st December 1958Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 22nd December 1958Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 23rd December 1958State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 24th December 1958A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 25th December 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.
- 26th December 1958State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 27th December 1958Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 28th December 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.
- 29th December 1958Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
- 30th December 1958What is a water transfer scheme?
- 31st December 1958Define 'water security'.