Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
August 1969 5-a-day
Every sheet in August 1969
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 1969What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
- 2nd August 1969Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
- 3rd August 1969Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
- 4th August 1969Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 5th August 1969In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 6th August 1969Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 7th August 1969Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 8th August 1969Name the power station whose closure in 2024 ended coal-fired electricity generation in Great Britain.
- 9th August 1969State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 10th August 1969Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 11th August 1969What is a glacial trough?
- 12th August 1969In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 13th August 1969Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 14th August 1969Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 15th August 1969A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 16th August 1969On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 17th August 1969Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 18th August 1969Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 19th August 1969Suggest 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.
- 20th August 1969A 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.
- 21st August 1969Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
- 22nd August 1969Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 23rd August 1969A 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.
- 24th August 1969What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 25th August 1969Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 26th August 1969Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 27th August 1969State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 28th August 1969A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 29th August 1969State whether a population pyramid with a narrow base and a wider top is more likely to show a youthful population or an ageing population.
- 30th August 1969State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 31st August 1969Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.