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September 1974 5-a-day

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September 1974

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in September 1974

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

  1. 1st September 1974Give one reason why the avalanche triggered on Everest by the 2015 earthquake was particularly significant.
  2. 2nd September 1974Name one greenhouse gas released by burning fossil fuels.
  3. 3rd September 1974Give one limitation of relying only on international agreements to stop illegal logging.
  4. 4th September 1974State 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.
  5. 5th September 1974On a radial graph comparing five services, a spoke with a small enclosed area close to the centre indicates what about that service?
  6. 6th September 1974What name is given to aid provided immediately after a disaster to meet urgent needs such as food and shelter?
  7. 7th September 1974A 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.
  8. 8th September 1974State one crop type that grows well in a sack garden because it grows quickly and does not need deep roots.
  9. 9th September 1974Explain one way that green roofs can reduce a building's energy use.
  10. 10th September 1974Define 'food miles'.
  11. 11th September 1974Give one reason a shared, transboundary river can create uncertainty over water supply for a downstream country.
  12. 12th September 1974Explain why battery storage or backup power stations are needed alongside a windfarm like Whitelee.
  13. 13th September 1974Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
  14. 14th September 1974Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
  15. 15th September 1974What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
  16. 16th September 1974What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
  17. 17th September 1974Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
  18. 18th September 1974Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
  19. 19th September 1974Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
  20. 20th September 1974In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
  21. 21st September 1974Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
  22. 22nd September 1974Define 'urban sustainability'.
  23. 23rd September 1974Name the power station whose closure in 2024 ended coal-fired electricity generation in Great Britain.
  24. 24th September 1974State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
  25. 25th September 1974Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
  26. 26th September 1974What is a glacial trough?
  27. 27th September 1974In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
  28. 28th September 1974Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
  29. 29th September 1974Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
  30. 30th September 1974A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.