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