Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
October 1962 5-a-day
Every sheet in October 1962
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 1962What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
- 2nd October 1962Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
- 3rd October 1962Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
- 4th October 1962Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 5th October 1962In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 6th October 1962Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 7th October 1962Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 8th October 1962Name the power station whose closure in 2024 ended coal-fired electricity generation in Great Britain.
- 9th October 1962State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 10th October 1962Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 11th October 1962What is a glacial trough?
- 12th October 1962In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 13th October 1962Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 14th October 1962Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 15th October 1962A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 16th October 1962On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 17th October 1962Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 18th October 1962Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 19th October 1962Suggest 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.
- 20th October 1962A 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.
- 21st October 1962Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
- 22nd October 1962Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 23rd October 1962A 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.
- 24th October 1962What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 25th October 1962Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 26th October 1962Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 27th October 1962State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 28th October 1962A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 29th October 1962State whether a population pyramid with a narrow base and a wider top is more likely to show a youthful population or an ageing population.
- 30th October 1962State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 31st October 1962Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.