Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
July 1980 5-a-day
Every sheet in July 1980
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st July 1980Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 2nd July 1980What is a glacial trough?
- 3rd July 1980In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 4th July 1980Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 5th July 1980Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 6th July 1980A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 7th July 1980On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 8th July 1980Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 9th July 1980Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 10th July 1980Suggest 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.
- 11th July 1980A 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.
- 12th July 1980Give one difference between agribusiness and organic farming.
- 13th July 1980Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 14th July 1980A 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.
- 15th July 1980What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 16th July 1980Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 17th July 1980Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 18th July 1980State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 19th July 1980A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 20th July 1980State whether a population pyramid with a narrow base and a wider top is more likely to show a youthful population or an ageing population.
- 21st July 1980State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 22nd July 1980Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 23rd July 1980Give one way that urban farming projects like sack gardens can improve a household's diet, other than increasing the total amount of food available.
- 24th July 1980Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
- 25th July 1980A 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.
- 26th July 1980Define 'water security'.
- 27th July 1980State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
- 28th July 1980How does an arete form?
- 29th July 1980State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
- 30th July 1980Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
- 31st July 1980Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.