Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
August 1965 5-a-day
Every sheet in August 1965
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 1965Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 2nd August 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.
- 3rd August 1965What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 4th August 1965Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 5th August 1965Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 6th August 1965State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 7th August 1965A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 8th August 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.
- 9th August 1965State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 10th August 1965Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 11th August 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.
- 12th August 1965Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
- 13th August 1965Name the power station whose closure in 2024 ended coal-fired electricity generation in Great Britain.
- 14th August 1965Define 'water security'.
- 15th August 1965State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
- 16th August 1965How does an arete form?
- 17th August 1965State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
- 18th August 1965Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
- 19th August 1965Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
- 20th August 1965Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?
- 21st August 1965In 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.
- 22nd August 1965What does GNI stand for?
- 23rd August 1965A farmer switches from flooding a field to drip irrigation. Give one reason this reduces the amount of water needed.
- 24th August 1965Name one urban farming technique, other than a sack garden, that could be used to grow food in a small space in a city.
- 25th August 1965State one transport strategy, other than cycling, that can reduce car use in a city centre.
- 26th August 1965Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
- 27th August 1965Give one physical factor that can cause a region to have low water availability.
- 28th August 1965Give one type of previous land use on the site where Whitelee Windfarm was built.
- 29th August 1965Name the process by which rock fragments carried within ice scrape and grind against the bedrock.
- 30th August 1965Suggest one reason why revised building codes introduced after the earthquake might take a long time to reduce risk across the whole country.
- 31st August 1965Is planting a forest to absorb carbon dioxide an example of mitigation or adaptation?