Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
December 1977 5-a-day
Every sheet in December 1977
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 1977Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
- 2nd December 1977Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 3rd December 1977In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 4th December 1977Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 5th December 1977Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 6th December 1977What is meant by 'resource security'?
- 7th December 1977State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 8th December 1977Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 9th December 1977What is a glacial trough?
- 10th December 1977In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 11th December 1977Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 12th December 1977Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 13th December 1977A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 14th December 1977On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 15th December 1977Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 16th December 1977Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 17th December 1977Suggest 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.
- 18th December 1977A 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.
- 19th December 1977Give one difference between agribusiness and organic farming.
- 20th December 1977Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 21st December 1977A 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.
- 22nd December 1977What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 23rd December 1977Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 24th December 1977Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 25th December 1977State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 26th December 1977A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 27th December 1977State whether a population pyramid with a narrow base and a wider top is more likely to show a youthful population or an ageing population.
- 28th December 1977State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 29th December 1977Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 30th December 1977Give one way that urban farming projects like sack gardens can improve a household's diet, other than increasing the total amount of food available.
- 31st December 1977Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.