Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
September 1961 5-a-day
Every sheet in September 1961
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 1961Give one reason a shared, transboundary river can create uncertainty over water supply for a downstream country.
- 2nd September 1961Explain why battery storage or backup power stations are needed alongside a windfarm like Whitelee.
- 3rd September 1961Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
- 4th September 1961Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
- 5th September 1961What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
- 6th September 1961What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
- 7th September 1961Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
- 8th September 1961Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
- 9th September 1961Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 10th September 1961In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 11th September 1961Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 12th September 1961Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 13th September 1961What is meant by 'resource security'?
- 14th September 1961State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 15th September 1961Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 16th September 1961What is a glacial trough?
- 17th September 1961In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 18th September 1961Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 19th September 1961Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 20th September 1961A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 21st September 1961On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 22nd September 1961Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 23rd September 1961Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 24th September 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.
- 25th September 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.
- 26th September 1961Give one difference between agribusiness and organic farming.
- 27th September 1961Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 28th September 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.
- 29th September 1961What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 30th September 1961Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.