Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
January 1970 5-a-day
Every sheet in January 1970
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 1970Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
- 2nd January 1970Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
- 3rd January 1970What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
- 4th January 1970What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
- 5th January 1970Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
- 6th January 1970Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
- 7th January 1970Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 8th January 1970In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 9th January 1970Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 10th January 1970Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 11th January 1970A supermarket can import strawberries flown a distance of 8,400 km, or buy strawberries grown 240 km away in the UK. Calculate how many times further the imported strawberries travel than the UK-grown ones.
- 12th January 1970State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 13th January 1970Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 14th January 1970What is a glacial trough?
- 15th January 1970In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 16th January 1970Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 17th January 1970Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 18th January 1970A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 19th January 1970On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 20th January 1970Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 21st January 1970Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 22nd January 1970Suggest 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.
- 23rd January 1970A 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.
- 24th January 1970State whether the north and west of the UK, or the south and east, has the larger water surplus, and give one reason why.
- 25th January 1970Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 26th January 1970A 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.
- 27th January 1970What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 28th January 1970Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 29th January 1970Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 30th January 1970State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 31st January 1970A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.