Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
August 1972 5-a-day
Every sheet in August 1972
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 1972In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 2nd August 1972Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 3rd August 1972Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 4th August 1972A 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.
- 5th August 1972State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 6th August 1972Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 7th August 1972What is a glacial trough?
- 8th August 1972In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 9th August 1972Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 10th August 1972Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 11th August 1972A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 12th August 1972On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 13th August 1972Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 14th August 1972Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 15th August 1972Suggest 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.
- 16th August 1972A 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.
- 17th August 1972State whether the north and west of the UK, or the south and east, has the larger water surplus, and give one reason why.
- 18th August 1972Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 19th August 1972A 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.
- 20th August 1972What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 21st August 1972Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 22nd August 1972Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 23rd August 1972State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 24th August 1972A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 25th August 1972State whether a population pyramid with a narrow base and a wider top is more likely to show a youthful population or an ageing population.
- 26th August 1972State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 27th August 1972Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 28th August 1972Give one way that urban farming projects like sack gardens can improve a household's diet, other than increasing the total amount of food available.
- 29th August 1972Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
- 30th August 1972What is a water transfer scheme?
- 31st August 1972Define 'water security'.