Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
November 1985 5-a-day
Every sheet in November 1985
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st November 1985State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 2nd November 1985Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 3rd November 1985What is a glacial trough?
- 4th November 1985In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 5th November 1985Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 6th November 1985Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 7th November 1985A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 8th November 1985On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 9th November 1985Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 10th November 1985Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 11th November 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.
- 12th November 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.
- 13th November 1985Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
- 14th November 1985Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 15th November 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.
- 16th November 1985What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 17th November 1985Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 18th November 1985Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 19th November 1985State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 20th November 1985A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 21st November 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.
- 22nd November 1985State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 23rd November 1985Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 24th November 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.
- 25th November 1985Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
- 26th November 1985What is meant by 'resource security'?
- 27th November 1985Define 'water security'.
- 28th November 1985State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
- 29th November 1985How does an arete form?
- 30th November 1985State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.