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November 1986 5-a-day

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November 1986

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in November 1986

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

  1. 1st November 1986What term describes the maximum electrical power a windfarm could generate if every turbine ran at full output at the same time?
  2. 2nd November 1986Name the process by which meltwater refreezes around rock and moving ice pulls the loosened blocks away.
  3. 3rd November 1986Give one reason why the avalanche triggered on Everest by the 2015 earthquake was particularly significant.
  4. 4th November 1986Name one greenhouse gas released by burning fossil fuels.
  5. 5th November 1986Give one limitation of relying only on international agreements to stop illegal logging.
  6. 6th November 1986State 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.
  7. 7th November 1986On a radial graph comparing five services, a spoke with a small enclosed area close to the centre indicates what about that service?
  8. 8th November 1986What name is given to aid provided immediately after a disaster to meet urgent needs such as food and shelter?
  9. 9th November 1986A 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.
  10. 10th November 1986State one crop type that grows well in a sack garden because it grows quickly and does not need deep roots.
  11. 11th November 1986Explain one way that green roofs can reduce a building's energy use.
  12. 12th November 1986State whether the north and west of the UK, or the south and east, has the larger water surplus, and give one reason why.
  13. 13th November 1986Give one reason a shared, transboundary river can create uncertainty over water supply for a downstream country.
  14. 14th November 1986Explain why battery storage or backup power stations are needed alongside a windfarm like Whitelee.
  15. 15th November 1986Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
  16. 16th November 1986Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
  17. 17th November 1986What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
  18. 18th November 1986What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
  19. 19th November 1986Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
  20. 20th November 1986Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
  21. 21st November 1986Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
  22. 22nd November 1986In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
  23. 23rd November 1986Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
  24. 24th November 1986Define 'urban sustainability'.
  25. 25th November 1986What is a water transfer scheme?
  26. 26th November 1986State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
  27. 27th November 1986Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
  28. 28th November 1986What is a glacial trough?
  29. 29th November 1986In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
  30. 30th November 1986Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.