Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
June 1979 5-a-day
Every sheet in June 1979
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st June 1979Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 2nd June 1979In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 3rd June 1979Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 4th June 1979Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 5th June 1979A 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.
- 6th June 1979State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 7th June 1979Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 8th June 1979What is a glacial trough?
- 9th June 1979In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 10th June 1979Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 11th June 1979Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 12th June 1979A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 13th June 1979On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 14th June 1979Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 15th June 1979Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 16th June 1979Suggest 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.
- 17th June 1979A 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.
- 18th June 1979State whether the north and west of the UK, or the south and east, has the larger water surplus, and give one reason why.
- 19th June 1979Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 20th June 1979A 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.
- 21st June 1979What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 22nd June 1979Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 23rd June 1979Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 24th June 1979State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 25th June 1979A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 26th June 1979State whether a population pyramid with a narrow base and a wider top is more likely to show a youthful population or an ageing population.
- 27th June 1979State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 28th June 1979Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 29th June 1979Give one way that urban farming projects like sack gardens can improve a household's diet, other than increasing the total amount of food available.
- 30th June 1979Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.