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January 1987 5-a-day

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January 1987

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st January 1987Name one urban farming technique, other than a sack garden, that could be used to grow food in a small space in a city.
  2. 2nd January 1987State one transport strategy, other than cycling, that can reduce car use in a city centre.
  3. 3rd January 1987Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
  4. 4th January 1987Give one physical factor that can cause a region to have low water availability.
  5. 5th January 1987Give one type of previous land use on the site where Whitelee Windfarm was built.
  6. 6th January 1987Name the process by which rock fragments carried within ice scrape and grind against the bedrock.
  7. 7th January 1987Suggest one reason why revised building codes introduced after the earthquake might take a long time to reduce risk across the whole country.
  8. 8th January 1987Is planting a forest to absorb carbon dioxide an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  9. 9th January 1987Why might selective logging with replanting be more sustainable than clear-felling?
  10. 10th January 1987Give one reason why a compound (divided) bar chart might be chosen over a simple bar chart when comparing rainfall from two different rain gauges each month.
  11. 11th January 1987Two countries plot at exactly the same point on a triangular graph of employment structure. State what this tells you about their economies.
  12. 12th January 1987Name the three components combined in the Human Development Index (HDI).
  13. 13th January 1987A community wants a water technology that villagers can repair themselves using local tools and materials. Which term describes this kind of technology?
  14. 14th January 1987What is the term for growing food within a city or town, rather than in the surrounding countryside?
  15. 15th January 1987Name one European district that is used as an example of sustainable urban design.
  16. 16th January 1987What is meant by 'resource security'?
  17. 17th January 1987State one way industrial growth increases a country's water demand.
  18. 18th January 1987What term describes the maximum electrical power a windfarm could generate if every turbine ran at full output at the same time?
  19. 19th January 1987Name the process by which meltwater refreezes around rock and moving ice pulls the loosened blocks away.
  20. 20th January 1987Give one reason why the avalanche triggered on Everest by the 2015 earthquake was particularly significant.
  21. 21st January 1987Name one greenhouse gas released by burning fossil fuels.
  22. 22nd January 1987Give one limitation of relying only on international agreements to stop illegal logging.
  23. 23rd January 1987State 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.
  24. 24th January 1987On a radial graph comparing five services, a spoke with a small enclosed area close to the centre indicates what about that service?
  25. 25th January 1987What name is given to aid provided immediately after a disaster to meet urgent needs such as food and shelter?
  26. 26th January 1987A 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.
  27. 27th January 1987State one crop type that grows well in a sack garden because it grows quickly and does not need deep roots.
  28. 28th January 1987Explain one way that green roofs can reduce a building's energy use.
  29. 29th January 1987Give one difference between agribusiness and organic farming.
  30. 30th January 1987Give one reason a shared, transboundary river can create uncertainty over water supply for a downstream country.
  31. 31st January 1987Explain why battery storage or backup power stations are needed alongside a windfarm like Whitelee.