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July 1981 5-a-day

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July 1981

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in July 1981

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  1. 1st July 1981Name the process by which meltwater refreezes around rock and moving ice pulls the loosened blocks away.
  2. 2nd July 1981Give one reason why the avalanche triggered on Everest by the 2015 earthquake was particularly significant.
  3. 3rd July 1981Name one greenhouse gas released by burning fossil fuels.
  4. 4th July 1981Give one limitation of relying only on international agreements to stop illegal logging.
  5. 5th July 1981State one reason why a pie chart, rather than a bar chart, is the better choice for showing how a household's monthly budget is divided between four spending categories.
  6. 6th July 1981On a radial graph comparing five services, a spoke with a small enclosed area close to the centre indicates what about that service?
  7. 7th July 1981What name is given to aid provided immediately after a disaster to meet urgent needs such as food and shelter?
  8. 8th July 1981A storage tank collects water from a roof with an area of 40 square metres. In a storm, 10mm of rain falls and the system captures 90 percent of it. Calculate the volume collected, in litres.
  9. 9th July 1981State one crop type that grows well in a sack garden because it grows quickly and does not need deep roots.
  10. 10th July 1981Explain one way that green roofs can reduce a building's energy use.
  11. 11th July 1981Define 'food miles'.
  12. 12th July 1981Give one reason a shared, transboundary river can create uncertainty over water supply for a downstream country.
  13. 13th July 1981Explain why battery storage or backup power stations are needed alongside a windfarm like Whitelee.
  14. 14th July 1981Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
  15. 15th July 1981Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
  16. 16th July 1981What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
  17. 17th July 1981What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
  18. 18th July 1981Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
  19. 19th July 1981Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
  20. 20th July 1981Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
  21. 21st July 1981In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
  22. 22nd July 1981Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
  23. 23rd July 1981Define 'urban sustainability'.
  24. 24th July 1981Name the power station whose closure in 2024 ended coal-fired electricity generation in Great Britain.
  25. 25th July 1981State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
  26. 26th July 1981Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
  27. 27th July 1981What is a glacial trough?
  28. 28th July 1981In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
  29. 29th July 1981Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
  30. 30th July 1981Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
  31. 31st July 1981A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.