Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
May 1981 5-a-day
Every sheet in May 1981
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 1981Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
- 2nd May 1981Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
- 3rd May 1981Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 4th May 1981In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 5th May 1981Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 6th May 1981Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 7th May 1981What is meant by 'resource security'?
- 8th May 1981State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 9th May 1981Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 10th May 1981What is a glacial trough?
- 11th May 1981In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 12th May 1981Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 13th May 1981Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 14th May 1981A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 15th May 1981On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 16th May 1981Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 17th May 1981Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 18th May 1981Suggest 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.
- 19th May 1981A 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.
- 20th May 1981Give one difference between agribusiness and organic farming.
- 21st May 1981Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 22nd May 1981A 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.
- 23rd May 1981What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 24th May 1981Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 25th May 1981Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 26th May 1981State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 27th May 1981A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 28th May 1981State whether a population pyramid with a narrow base and a wider top is more likely to show a youthful population or an ageing population.
- 29th May 1981State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 30th May 1981Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 31st May 1981Give one way that urban farming projects like sack gardens can improve a household's diet, other than increasing the total amount of food available.