Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
February 1987 5-a-day
Every sheet in February 1987
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st February 1987Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
- 2nd February 1987Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
- 3rd February 1987What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
- 4th February 1987What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
- 5th February 1987Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
- 6th February 1987Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
- 7th February 1987Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 8th February 1987In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 9th February 1987Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 10th February 1987Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 11th February 1987A supermarket can import strawberries flown a distance of 8,400 km, or buy strawberries grown 240 km away in the UK. Calculate how many times further the imported strawberries travel than the UK-grown ones.
- 12th February 1987State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 13th February 1987Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 14th February 1987What is a glacial trough?
- 15th February 1987In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 16th February 1987Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 17th February 1987Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 18th February 1987A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 19th February 1987On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 20th February 1987Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 21st February 1987Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 22nd February 1987Suggest 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.
- 23rd February 1987A 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.
- 24th February 1987State whether the north and west of the UK, or the south and east, has the larger water surplus, and give one reason why.
- 25th February 1987Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 26th February 1987A 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.
- 27th February 1987What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 28th February 1987Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.