Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
July 1961 5-a-day
Every sheet in July 1961
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st July 1961In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 2nd July 1961Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 3rd July 1961Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 4th July 1961A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 5th July 1961On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 6th July 1961Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 7th July 1961Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 8th July 1961Suggest 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.
- 9th July 1961A 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.
- 10th July 1961State whether the north and west of the UK, or the south and east, has the larger water surplus, and give one reason why.
- 11th July 1961Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 12th July 1961A 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.
- 13th July 1961What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 14th July 1961Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 15th July 1961Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 16th July 1961State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 17th July 1961A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 18th July 1961State whether a population pyramid with a narrow base and a wider top is more likely to show a youthful population or an ageing population.
- 19th July 1961State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 20th July 1961Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 21st July 1961Give one way that urban farming projects like sack gardens can improve a household's diet, other than increasing the total amount of food available.
- 22nd July 1961Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
- 23rd July 1961What is a water transfer scheme?
- 24th July 1961Define 'water security'.
- 25th July 1961State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
- 26th July 1961How does an arete form?
- 27th July 1961State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
- 28th July 1961Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
- 29th July 1961Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
- 30th July 1961Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?
- 31st July 1961In 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.