Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
July 1971 5-a-day
Every sheet in July 1971
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st July 1971Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
- 2nd July 1971Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
- 3rd July 1971What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
- 4th July 1971What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
- 5th July 1971Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
- 6th July 1971Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
- 7th July 1971Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 8th July 1971In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 9th July 1971Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 10th July 1971Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 11th July 1971What is a water transfer scheme?
- 12th July 1971State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 13th July 1971Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 14th July 1971What is a glacial trough?
- 15th July 1971In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 16th July 1971Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 17th July 1971Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 18th July 1971A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 19th July 1971On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 20th July 1971Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 21st July 1971Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 22nd July 1971Suggest 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 July 1971A 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 July 1971Define 'food miles'.
- 25th July 1971Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 26th July 1971A 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 July 1971What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 28th July 1971Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 29th July 1971Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 30th July 1971State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 31st July 1971A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.