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October 1964 5-a-day

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October 1964

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in October 1964

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

  1. 1st October 1964State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
  2. 2nd October 1964Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
  3. 3rd October 1964Give one way that urban farming projects like sack gardens can improve a household's diet, other than increasing the total amount of food available.
  4. 4th October 1964Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
  5. 5th October 1964Name the power station whose closure in 2024 ended coal-fired electricity generation in Great Britain.
  6. 6th October 1964Define 'water security'.
  7. 7th October 1964State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
  8. 8th October 1964How does an arete form?
  9. 9th October 1964State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
  10. 10th October 1964Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  11. 11th October 1964Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
  12. 12th October 1964Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?
  13. 13th October 1964In 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.
  14. 14th October 1964What does GNI stand for?
  15. 15th October 1964A farmer switches from flooding a field to drip irrigation. Give one reason this reduces the amount of water needed.
  16. 16th October 1964Name one urban farming technique, other than a sack garden, that could be used to grow food in a small space in a city.
  17. 17th October 1964State one transport strategy, other than cycling, that can reduce car use in a city centre.
  18. 18th October 1964Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
  19. 19th October 1964Give one physical factor that can cause a region to have low water availability.
  20. 20th October 1964Give one type of previous land use on the site where Whitelee Windfarm was built.
  21. 21st October 1964Name the process by which rock fragments carried within ice scrape and grind against the bedrock.
  22. 22nd October 1964Suggest one reason why revised building codes introduced after the earthquake might take a long time to reduce risk across the whole country.
  23. 23rd October 1964Is planting a forest to absorb carbon dioxide an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  24. 24th October 1964Why might selective logging with replanting be more sustainable than clear-felling?
  25. 25th October 1964Give one reason why a compound (divided) bar chart might be chosen over a simple bar chart when comparing rainfall from two different rain gauges each month.
  26. 26th October 1964Two countries plot at exactly the same point on a triangular graph of employment structure. State what this tells you about their economies.
  27. 27th October 1964Name the three components combined in the Human Development Index (HDI).
  28. 28th October 1964A community wants a water technology that villagers can repair themselves using local tools and materials. Which term describes this kind of technology?
  29. 29th October 1964What is the term for growing food within a city or town, rather than in the surrounding countryside?
  30. 30th October 1964Name one European district that is used as an example of sustainable urban design.
  31. 31st October 1964What is meant by 'resource security'?