Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
December 1973 5-a-day
Every sheet in December 1973
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 1973What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 2nd December 1973Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 3rd December 1973Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 4th December 1973State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 5th December 1973A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 6th December 1973State whether a population pyramid with a narrow base and a wider top is more likely to show a youthful population or an ageing population.
- 7th December 1973State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 8th December 1973Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 9th December 1973Give one way that urban farming projects like sack gardens can improve a household's diet, other than increasing the total amount of food available.
- 10th December 1973Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
- 11th December 1973What is meant by 'resource security'?
- 12th December 1973Define 'water security'.
- 13th December 1973State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
- 14th December 1973How does an arete form?
- 15th December 1973State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
- 16th December 1973Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
- 17th December 1973Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
- 18th December 1973Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?
- 19th December 1973In 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.
- 20th December 1973What does GNI stand for?
- 21st December 1973A farmer switches from flooding a field to drip irrigation. Give one reason this reduces the amount of water needed.
- 22nd December 1973Name one urban farming technique, other than a sack garden, that could be used to grow food in a small space in a city.
- 23rd December 1973State one transport strategy, other than cycling, that can reduce car use in a city centre.
- 24th December 1973Give one difference between agribusiness and organic farming.
- 25th December 1973Give one physical factor that can cause a region to have low water availability.
- 26th December 1973Give one type of previous land use on the site where Whitelee Windfarm was built.
- 27th December 1973Name the process by which rock fragments carried within ice scrape and grind against the bedrock.
- 28th December 1973Suggest one reason why revised building codes introduced after the earthquake might take a long time to reduce risk across the whole country.
- 29th December 1973Is planting a forest to absorb carbon dioxide an example of mitigation or adaptation?
- 30th December 1973Why might selective logging with replanting be more sustainable than clear-felling?
- 31st December 1973Give 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.