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December 1984 5-a-day

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December 1984

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in December 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 December 1984Give one reason why the avalanche triggered on Everest by the 2015 earthquake was particularly significant.
  2. 2nd December 1984Name one greenhouse gas released by burning fossil fuels.
  3. 3rd December 1984Give one limitation of relying only on international agreements to stop illegal logging.
  4. 4th December 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.
  5. 5th December 1984On a radial graph comparing five services, a spoke with a small enclosed area close to the centre indicates what about that service?
  6. 6th December 1984What name is given to aid provided immediately after a disaster to meet urgent needs such as food and shelter?
  7. 7th December 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.
  8. 8th December 1984State one crop type that grows well in a sack garden because it grows quickly and does not need deep roots.
  9. 9th December 1984Explain one way that green roofs can reduce a building's energy use.
  10. 10th December 1984Define 'food miles'.
  11. 11th December 1984Give one reason a shared, transboundary river can create uncertainty over water supply for a downstream country.
  12. 12th December 1984Explain why battery storage or backup power stations are needed alongside a windfarm like Whitelee.
  13. 13th December 1984Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
  14. 14th December 1984Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
  15. 15th December 1984What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
  16. 16th December 1984What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
  17. 17th December 1984Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
  18. 18th December 1984Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
  19. 19th December 1984Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
  20. 20th December 1984In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
  21. 21st December 1984Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
  22. 22nd December 1984Define 'urban sustainability'.
  23. 23rd December 1984Name the power station whose closure in 2024 ended coal-fired electricity generation in Great Britain.
  24. 24th December 1984State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
  25. 25th December 1984Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
  26. 26th December 1984What is a glacial trough?
  27. 27th December 1984In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
  28. 28th December 1984Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
  29. 29th December 1984Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
  30. 30th December 1984A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
  31. 31st December 1984On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?