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November 1972 5-a-day

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November 1972

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in November 1972

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st November 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.
  2. 2nd November 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.
  3. 3rd November 1972Give one difference between agribusiness and organic farming.
  4. 4th November 1972Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
  5. 5th November 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.
  6. 6th November 1972What is a corrie (or cirque)?
  7. 7th November 1972Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
  8. 8th November 1972Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
  9. 9th November 1972State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
  10. 10th November 1972A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
  11. 11th November 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.
  12. 12th November 1972State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
  13. 13th November 1972Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
  14. 14th November 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.
  15. 15th November 1972Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
  16. 16th November 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.
  17. 17th November 1972Define 'water security'.
  18. 18th November 1972State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
  19. 19th November 1972How does an arete form?
  20. 20th November 1972State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
  21. 21st November 1972Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  22. 22nd November 1972Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
  23. 23rd November 1972Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?
  24. 24th November 1972In 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.
  25. 25th November 1972What does GNI stand for?
  26. 26th November 1972A farmer switches from flooding a field to drip irrigation. Give one reason this reduces the amount of water needed.
  27. 27th November 1972Name one urban farming technique, other than a sack garden, that could be used to grow food in a small space in a city.
  28. 28th November 1972State one transport strategy, other than cycling, that can reduce car use in a city centre.
  29. 29th November 1972State whether the north and west of the UK, or the south and east, has the larger water surplus, and give one reason why.
  30. 30th November 1972Give one physical factor that can cause a region to have low water availability.