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April 1965 5-a-day

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April 1965

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in April 1965

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

  1. 1st April 1965Name the three components combined in the Human Development Index (HDI).
  2. 2nd April 1965A community wants a water technology that villagers can repair themselves using local tools and materials. Which term describes this kind of technology?
  3. 3rd April 1965What is the term for growing food within a city or town, rather than in the surrounding countryside?
  4. 4th April 1965Name one European district that is used as an example of sustainable urban design.
  5. 5th April 1965What is a water transfer scheme?
  6. 6th April 1965State one way industrial growth increases a country's water demand.
  7. 7th April 1965What term describes the maximum electrical power a windfarm could generate if every turbine ran at full output at the same time?
  8. 8th April 1965Name the process by which meltwater refreezes around rock and moving ice pulls the loosened blocks away.
  9. 9th April 1965Give one reason why the avalanche triggered on Everest by the 2015 earthquake was particularly significant.
  10. 10th April 1965Name one greenhouse gas released by burning fossil fuels.
  11. 11th April 1965Give one limitation of relying only on international agreements to stop illegal logging.
  12. 12th April 1965State one reason why a pie chart, rather than a bar chart, is the better choice for showing how a household's monthly budget is divided between four spending categories.
  13. 13th April 1965On a radial graph comparing five services, a spoke with a small enclosed area close to the centre indicates what about that service?
  14. 14th April 1965What name is given to aid provided immediately after a disaster to meet urgent needs such as food and shelter?
  15. 15th April 1965A storage tank collects water from a roof with an area of 40 square metres. In a storm, 10mm of rain falls and the system captures 90 percent of it. Calculate the volume collected, in litres.
  16. 16th April 1965State one crop type that grows well in a sack garden because it grows quickly and does not need deep roots.
  17. 17th April 1965Explain one way that green roofs can reduce a building's energy use.
  18. 18th April 1965Define 'food miles'.
  19. 19th April 1965Give one reason a shared, transboundary river can create uncertainty over water supply for a downstream country.
  20. 20th April 1965Explain why battery storage or backup power stations are needed alongside a windfarm like Whitelee.
  21. 21st April 1965Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
  22. 22nd April 1965Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
  23. 23rd April 1965What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
  24. 24th April 1965What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
  25. 25th April 1965Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
  26. 26th April 1965Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
  27. 27th April 1965Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
  28. 28th April 1965In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
  29. 29th April 1965Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
  30. 30th April 1965Define 'urban sustainability'.