Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
February 1965 5-a-day
Every sheet in February 1965
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st February 1965Explain why battery storage or backup power stations are needed alongside a windfarm like Whitelee.
- 2nd February 1965Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
- 3rd February 1965Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
- 4th February 1965What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
- 5th February 1965What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
- 6th February 1965Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
- 7th February 1965Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
- 8th February 1965Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 9th February 1965In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 10th February 1965Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 11th February 1965Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 12th February 1965What is meant by 'resource security'?
- 13th February 1965State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 14th February 1965Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 15th February 1965What is a glacial trough?
- 16th February 1965In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 17th February 1965Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 18th February 1965Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 19th February 1965A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 20th February 1965On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 21st February 1965Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 22nd February 1965Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 23rd February 1965Suggest 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.
- 24th February 1965A 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.
- 25th February 1965Give one difference between agribusiness and organic farming.
- 26th February 1965Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 27th February 1965A 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.
- 28th February 1965What is a corrie (or cirque)?