Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
December 1980 5-a-day
Every sheet in December 1980
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 1980Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 2nd December 1980What is a water transfer scheme?
- 3rd December 1980State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 4th December 1980Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 5th December 1980What is a glacial trough?
- 6th December 1980In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 7th December 1980Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 8th December 1980Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 9th December 1980A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 10th December 1980On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 11th December 1980Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 12th December 1980Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 13th December 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.
- 14th December 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.
- 15th December 1980Define 'food miles'.
- 16th December 1980Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 17th December 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.
- 18th December 1980What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 19th December 1980Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 20th December 1980Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 21st December 1980State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 22nd December 1980A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 23rd December 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.
- 24th December 1980State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 25th December 1980Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 26th December 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.
- 27th December 1980Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
- 28th December 1980Name the power station whose closure in 2024 ended coal-fired electricity generation in Great Britain.
- 29th December 1980Define 'water security'.
- 30th December 1980State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
- 31st December 1980How does an arete form?