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August 1977 5-a-day

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August 1977

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in August 1977

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  1. 1st August 1977How does an arete form?
  2. 2nd August 1977State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
  3. 3rd August 1977Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  4. 4th August 1977Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
  5. 5th August 1977Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?
  6. 6th August 1977In 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.
  7. 7th August 1977What does GNI stand for?
  8. 8th August 1977A farmer switches from flooding a field to drip irrigation. Give one reason this reduces the amount of water needed.
  9. 9th August 1977Name one urban farming technique, other than a sack garden, that could be used to grow food in a small space in a city.
  10. 10th August 1977State one transport strategy, other than cycling, that can reduce car use in a city centre.
  11. 11th August 1977Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
  12. 12th August 1977Give one physical factor that can cause a region to have low water availability.
  13. 13th August 1977Give one type of previous land use on the site where Whitelee Windfarm was built.
  14. 14th August 1977Name the process by which rock fragments carried within ice scrape and grind against the bedrock.
  15. 15th August 1977Suggest one reason why revised building codes introduced after the earthquake might take a long time to reduce risk across the whole country.
  16. 16th August 1977Is planting a forest to absorb carbon dioxide an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  17. 17th August 1977Why might selective logging with replanting be more sustainable than clear-felling?
  18. 18th August 1977Give 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.
  19. 19th August 1977Two countries plot at exactly the same point on a triangular graph of employment structure. State what this tells you about their economies.
  20. 20th August 1977Name the three components combined in the Human Development Index (HDI).
  21. 21st August 1977A community wants a water technology that villagers can repair themselves using local tools and materials. Which term describes this kind of technology?
  22. 22nd August 1977What is the term for growing food within a city or town, rather than in the surrounding countryside?
  23. 23rd August 1977Name one European district that is used as an example of sustainable urban design.
  24. 24th August 1977What is meant by 'resource security'?
  25. 25th August 1977State one way industrial growth increases a country's water demand.
  26. 26th August 1977What term describes the maximum electrical power a windfarm could generate if every turbine ran at full output at the same time?
  27. 27th August 1977Name the process by which meltwater refreezes around rock and moving ice pulls the loosened blocks away.
  28. 28th August 1977Give one reason why the avalanche triggered on Everest by the 2015 earthquake was particularly significant.
  29. 29th August 1977Name one greenhouse gas released by burning fossil fuels.
  30. 30th August 1977Give one limitation of relying only on international agreements to stop illegal logging.
  31. 31st August 1977State 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.