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December 1965 5-a-day

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December 1965

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in December 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 December 1965Give one limitation of relying only on international agreements to stop illegal logging.
  2. 2nd December 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.
  3. 3rd December 1965On a radial graph comparing five services, a spoke with a small enclosed area close to the centre indicates what about that service?
  4. 4th December 1965What name is given to aid provided immediately after a disaster to meet urgent needs such as food and shelter?
  5. 5th December 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.
  6. 6th December 1965State one crop type that grows well in a sack garden because it grows quickly and does not need deep roots.
  7. 7th December 1965Explain one way that green roofs can reduce a building's energy use.
  8. 8th December 1965Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
  9. 9th December 1965Give one reason a shared, transboundary river can create uncertainty over water supply for a downstream country.
  10. 10th December 1965Explain why battery storage or backup power stations are needed alongside a windfarm like Whitelee.
  11. 11th December 1965Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
  12. 12th December 1965Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
  13. 13th December 1965What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
  14. 14th December 1965What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
  15. 15th December 1965Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
  16. 16th December 1965Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
  17. 17th December 1965Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
  18. 18th December 1965In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
  19. 19th December 1965Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
  20. 20th December 1965Define 'urban sustainability'.
  21. 21st December 1965What is meant by 'resource security'?
  22. 22nd December 1965State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
  23. 23rd December 1965Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
  24. 24th December 1965What is a glacial trough?
  25. 25th December 1965In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
  26. 26th December 1965Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
  27. 27th December 1965Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
  28. 28th December 1965A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
  29. 29th December 1965On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
  30. 30th December 1965Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
  31. 31st December 1965Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.