Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
October 1985 5-a-day
Every sheet in October 1985
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 1985Name the three components combined in the Human Development Index (HDI).
- 2nd October 1985A community wants a water technology that villagers can repair themselves using local tools and materials. Which term describes this kind of technology?
- 3rd October 1985What is the term for growing food within a city or town, rather than in the surrounding countryside?
- 4th October 1985Name one European district that is used as an example of sustainable urban design.
- 5th October 1985What is a water transfer scheme?
- 6th October 1985State one way industrial growth increases a country's water demand.
- 7th October 1985What term describes the maximum electrical power a windfarm could generate if every turbine ran at full output at the same time?
- 8th October 1985Name the process by which meltwater refreezes around rock and moving ice pulls the loosened blocks away.
- 9th October 1985Give one reason why the avalanche triggered on Everest by the 2015 earthquake was particularly significant.
- 10th October 1985Name one greenhouse gas released by burning fossil fuels.
- 11th October 1985Give one limitation of relying only on international agreements to stop illegal logging.
- 12th October 1985State 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.
- 13th October 1985On a radial graph comparing five services, a spoke with a small enclosed area close to the centre indicates what about that service?
- 14th October 1985What name is given to aid provided immediately after a disaster to meet urgent needs such as food and shelter?
- 15th October 1985A 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.
- 16th October 1985State one crop type that grows well in a sack garden because it grows quickly and does not need deep roots.
- 17th October 1985Explain one way that green roofs can reduce a building's energy use.
- 18th October 1985Define 'food miles'.
- 19th October 1985Give one reason a shared, transboundary river can create uncertainty over water supply for a downstream country.
- 20th October 1985Explain why battery storage or backup power stations are needed alongside a windfarm like Whitelee.
- 21st October 1985Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
- 22nd October 1985Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
- 23rd October 1985What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
- 24th October 1985What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
- 25th October 1985Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
- 26th October 1985Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
- 27th October 1985Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 28th October 1985In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 29th October 1985Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 30th October 1985Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 31st October 1985Name the power station whose closure in 2024 ended coal-fired electricity generation in Great Britain.