Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
December 1974 5-a-day
Every sheet in December 1974
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 1974Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
- 2nd December 1974What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
- 3rd December 1974What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
- 4th December 1974Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
- 5th December 1974Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
- 6th December 1974Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 7th December 1974In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 8th December 1974Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 9th December 1974Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 10th December 1974What is a water transfer scheme?
- 11th December 1974State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 12th December 1974Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 13th December 1974What is a glacial trough?
- 14th December 1974In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 15th December 1974Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 16th December 1974Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 17th December 1974A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 18th December 1974On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 19th December 1974Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 20th December 1974Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 21st December 1974Suggest 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.
- 22nd December 1974A 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.
- 23rd December 1974Define 'food miles'.
- 24th December 1974Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 25th December 1974A 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.
- 26th December 1974What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 27th December 1974Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 28th December 1974Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 29th December 1974State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 30th December 1974A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 31st December 1974State whether a population pyramid with a narrow base and a wider top is more likely to show a youthful population or an ageing population.