Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
June 1985 5-a-day
Every sheet in June 1985
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st June 1985In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 2nd June 1985Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 3rd June 1985Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 4th June 1985A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 5th June 1985On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 6th June 1985Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 7th June 1985Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 8th June 1985Suggest 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.
- 9th June 1985A 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.
- 10th June 1985State whether the north and west of the UK, or the south and east, has the larger water surplus, and give one reason why.
- 11th June 1985Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 12th June 1985A 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.
- 13th June 1985What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 14th June 1985Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 15th June 1985Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 16th June 1985State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 17th June 1985A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 18th June 1985State whether a population pyramid with a narrow base and a wider top is more likely to show a youthful population or an ageing population.
- 19th June 1985State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 20th June 1985Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 21st June 1985Give one way that urban farming projects like sack gardens can improve a household's diet, other than increasing the total amount of food available.
- 22nd June 1985Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
- 23rd June 1985What is a water transfer scheme?
- 24th June 1985Define 'water security'.
- 25th June 1985State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
- 26th June 1985How does an arete form?
- 27th June 1985State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
- 28th June 1985Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
- 29th June 1985Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
- 30th June 1985Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?