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May 1970 5-a-day

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May 1970

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in May 1970

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  1. 1st May 1970Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
  2. 2nd May 1970Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?
  3. 3rd May 1970In 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.
  4. 4th May 1970What does GNI stand for?
  5. 5th May 1970A farmer switches from flooding a field to drip irrigation. Give one reason this reduces the amount of water needed.
  6. 6th May 1970Name one urban farming technique, other than a sack garden, that could be used to grow food in a small space in a city.
  7. 7th May 1970State one transport strategy, other than cycling, that can reduce car use in a city centre.
  8. 8th May 1970State whether the north and west of the UK, or the south and east, has the larger water surplus, and give one reason why.
  9. 9th May 1970Give one physical factor that can cause a region to have low water availability.
  10. 10th May 1970Give one type of previous land use on the site where Whitelee Windfarm was built.
  11. 11th May 1970Name the process by which rock fragments carried within ice scrape and grind against the bedrock.
  12. 12th May 1970Suggest one reason why revised building codes introduced after the earthquake might take a long time to reduce risk across the whole country.
  13. 13th May 1970Is planting a forest to absorb carbon dioxide an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  14. 14th May 1970Why might selective logging with replanting be more sustainable than clear-felling?
  15. 15th May 1970Give one reason why a compound (divided) bar chart might be chosen over a simple bar chart when comparing rainfall from two different rain gauges each month.
  16. 16th May 1970Two countries plot at exactly the same point on a triangular graph of employment structure. State what this tells you about their economies.
  17. 17th May 1970Name the three components combined in the Human Development Index (HDI).
  18. 18th May 1970A community wants a water technology that villagers can repair themselves using local tools and materials. Which term describes this kind of technology?
  19. 19th May 1970What is the term for growing food within a city or town, rather than in the surrounding countryside?
  20. 20th May 1970Name one European district that is used as an example of sustainable urban design.
  21. 21st May 1970What is a water transfer scheme?
  22. 22nd May 1970State one way industrial growth increases a country's water demand.
  23. 23rd May 1970What term describes the maximum electrical power a windfarm could generate if every turbine ran at full output at the same time?
  24. 24th May 1970Name the process by which meltwater refreezes around rock and moving ice pulls the loosened blocks away.
  25. 25th May 1970Give one reason why the avalanche triggered on Everest by the 2015 earthquake was particularly significant.
  26. 26th May 1970Name one greenhouse gas released by burning fossil fuels.
  27. 27th May 1970Give one limitation of relying only on international agreements to stop illegal logging.
  28. 28th May 1970State 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.
  29. 29th May 1970On a radial graph comparing five services, a spoke with a small enclosed area close to the centre indicates what about that service?
  30. 30th May 1970What name is given to aid provided immediately after a disaster to meet urgent needs such as food and shelter?
  31. 31st May 1970A 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.