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July 1984 5-a-day

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July 1984

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in July 1984

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st July 1984State 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.
  2. 2nd July 1984On a radial graph comparing five services, a spoke with a small enclosed area close to the centre indicates what about that service?
  3. 3rd July 1984What name is given to aid provided immediately after a disaster to meet urgent needs such as food and shelter?
  4. 4th July 1984A 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.
  5. 5th July 1984State one crop type that grows well in a sack garden because it grows quickly and does not need deep roots.
  6. 6th July 1984Explain one way that green roofs can reduce a building's energy use.
  7. 7th July 1984Give one difference between agribusiness and organic farming.
  8. 8th July 1984Give one reason a shared, transboundary river can create uncertainty over water supply for a downstream country.
  9. 9th July 1984Explain why battery storage or backup power stations are needed alongside a windfarm like Whitelee.
  10. 10th July 1984Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
  11. 11th July 1984Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
  12. 12th July 1984What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
  13. 13th July 1984What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
  14. 14th July 1984Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
  15. 15th July 1984Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
  16. 16th July 1984Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
  17. 17th July 1984In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
  18. 18th July 1984Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
  19. 19th July 1984Define 'urban sustainability'.
  20. 20th July 1984A supermarket can import strawberries flown a distance of 8,400 km, or buy strawberries grown 240 km away in the UK. Calculate how many times further the imported strawberries travel than the UK-grown ones.
  21. 21st July 1984State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
  22. 22nd July 1984Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
  23. 23rd July 1984What is a glacial trough?
  24. 24th July 1984In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
  25. 25th July 1984Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
  26. 26th July 1984Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
  27. 27th July 1984A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
  28. 28th July 1984On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
  29. 29th July 1984Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
  30. 30th July 1984Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
  31. 31st July 1984Suggest 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.