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December 1959 5-a-day

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December 1959

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in December 1959

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

  1. 1st December 1959What is the term for growing food within a city or town, rather than in the surrounding countryside?
  2. 2nd December 1959Name one European district that is used as an example of sustainable urban design.
  3. 3rd December 1959Name the power station whose closure in 2024 ended coal-fired electricity generation in Great Britain.
  4. 4th December 1959State one way industrial growth increases a country's water demand.
  5. 5th December 1959What term describes the maximum electrical power a windfarm could generate if every turbine ran at full output at the same time?
  6. 6th December 1959Name the process by which meltwater refreezes around rock and moving ice pulls the loosened blocks away.
  7. 7th December 1959Give one reason why the avalanche triggered on Everest by the 2015 earthquake was particularly significant.
  8. 8th December 1959Name one greenhouse gas released by burning fossil fuels.
  9. 9th December 1959Give one limitation of relying only on international agreements to stop illegal logging.
  10. 10th December 1959State one reason why a pie chart, rather than a bar chart, is the better choice for showing how a household's monthly budget is divided between four spending categories.
  11. 11th December 1959On a radial graph comparing five services, a spoke with a small enclosed area close to the centre indicates what about that service?
  12. 12th December 1959What name is given to aid provided immediately after a disaster to meet urgent needs such as food and shelter?
  13. 13th December 1959A storage tank collects water from a roof with an area of 40 square metres. In a storm, 10mm of rain falls and the system captures 90 percent of it. Calculate the volume collected, in litres.
  14. 14th December 1959State one crop type that grows well in a sack garden because it grows quickly and does not need deep roots.
  15. 15th December 1959Explain one way that green roofs can reduce a building's energy use.
  16. 16th December 1959Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
  17. 17th December 1959Give one reason a shared, transboundary river can create uncertainty over water supply for a downstream country.
  18. 18th December 1959Explain why battery storage or backup power stations are needed alongside a windfarm like Whitelee.
  19. 19th December 1959Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
  20. 20th December 1959Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
  21. 21st December 1959What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
  22. 22nd December 1959What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
  23. 23rd December 1959Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
  24. 24th December 1959Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
  25. 25th December 1959Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
  26. 26th December 1959In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
  27. 27th December 1959Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
  28. 28th December 1959Define 'urban sustainability'.
  29. 29th December 1959What is meant by 'resource security'?
  30. 30th December 1959State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
  31. 31st December 1959Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.