Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
November 1976 5-a-day
Every sheet in November 1976
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st November 1976Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
- 2nd November 1976Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
- 3rd November 1976What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
- 4th November 1976What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
- 5th November 1976Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
- 6th November 1976Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
- 7th November 1976Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 8th November 1976In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 9th November 1976Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 10th November 1976Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 11th November 1976A 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.
- 12th November 1976State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 13th November 1976Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 14th November 1976What is a glacial trough?
- 15th November 1976In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 16th November 1976Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 17th November 1976Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 18th November 1976A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 19th November 1976On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 20th November 1976Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 21st November 1976Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 22nd November 1976Suggest 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.
- 23rd November 1976A 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.
- 24th November 1976State whether the north and west of the UK, or the south and east, has the larger water surplus, and give one reason why.
- 25th November 1976Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 26th November 1976A 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.
- 27th November 1976What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 28th November 1976Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 29th November 1976Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 30th November 1976State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.