Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
May 1965 5-a-day
Every sheet in May 1965
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 1965Name the power station whose closure in 2024 ended coal-fired electricity generation in Great Britain.
- 2nd May 1965State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 3rd May 1965Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 4th May 1965What is a glacial trough?
- 5th May 1965In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 6th May 1965Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 7th May 1965Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 8th May 1965A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 9th May 1965On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 10th May 1965Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 11th May 1965Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 12th May 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.
- 13th May 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.
- 14th May 1965Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
- 15th May 1965Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 16th May 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.
- 17th May 1965What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 18th May 1965Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 19th May 1965Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 20th May 1965State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 21st May 1965A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 22nd May 1965State whether a population pyramid with a narrow base and a wider top is more likely to show a youthful population or an ageing population.
- 23rd May 1965State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 24th May 1965Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 25th May 1965Give one way that urban farming projects like sack gardens can improve a household's diet, other than increasing the total amount of food available.
- 26th May 1965Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
- 27th May 1965What is meant by 'resource security'?
- 28th May 1965Define 'water security'.
- 29th May 1965State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
- 30th May 1965How does an arete form?
- 31st May 1965State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.