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January 1983 5-a-day

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January 1983

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in January 1983

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  1. 1st January 1983Give one limitation of relying only on international agreements to stop illegal logging.
  2. 2nd January 1983State 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.
  3. 3rd January 1983On a radial graph comparing five services, a spoke with a small enclosed area close to the centre indicates what about that service?
  4. 4th January 1983What name is given to aid provided immediately after a disaster to meet urgent needs such as food and shelter?
  5. 5th January 1983A 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.
  6. 6th January 1983State one crop type that grows well in a sack garden because it grows quickly and does not need deep roots.
  7. 7th January 1983Explain one way that green roofs can reduce a building's energy use.
  8. 8th January 1983Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
  9. 9th January 1983Give one reason a shared, transboundary river can create uncertainty over water supply for a downstream country.
  10. 10th January 1983Explain why battery storage or backup power stations are needed alongside a windfarm like Whitelee.
  11. 11th January 1983Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
  12. 12th January 1983Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
  13. 13th January 1983What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
  14. 14th January 1983What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
  15. 15th January 1983Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
  16. 16th January 1983Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
  17. 17th January 1983Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
  18. 18th January 1983In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
  19. 19th January 1983Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
  20. 20th January 1983Define 'urban sustainability'.
  21. 21st January 1983What is meant by 'resource security'?
  22. 22nd January 1983State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
  23. 23rd January 1983Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
  24. 24th January 1983What is a glacial trough?
  25. 25th January 1983In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
  26. 26th January 1983Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
  27. 27th January 1983Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
  28. 28th January 1983A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
  29. 29th January 1983On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
  30. 30th January 1983Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
  31. 31st January 1983Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.