Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
March 1982 5-a-day
Every sheet in March 1982
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st March 1982Explain one way that green roofs can reduce a building's energy use.
- 2nd March 1982Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
- 3rd March 1982Give one reason a shared, transboundary river can create uncertainty over water supply for a downstream country.
- 4th March 1982Explain why battery storage or backup power stations are needed alongside a windfarm like Whitelee.
- 5th March 1982Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
- 6th March 1982Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
- 7th March 1982What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
- 8th March 1982What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
- 9th March 1982Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
- 10th March 1982Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
- 11th March 1982Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 12th March 1982In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 13th March 1982Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 14th March 1982Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 15th March 1982What is meant by 'resource security'?
- 16th March 1982State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 17th March 1982Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 18th March 1982What is a glacial trough?
- 19th March 1982In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 20th March 1982Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 21st March 1982Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 22nd March 1982A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 23rd March 1982On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 24th March 1982Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 25th March 1982Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 26th March 1982Suggest 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.
- 27th March 1982A 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.
- 28th March 1982Give one difference between agribusiness and organic farming.
- 29th March 1982Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 30th March 1982A 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.
- 31st March 1982What is a corrie (or cirque)?