Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
May 1987 5-a-day
Every sheet in May 1987
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 1987State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 2nd May 1987Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 3rd May 1987What is a glacial trough?
- 4th May 1987In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 5th May 1987Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 6th May 1987Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 7th May 1987A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 8th May 1987On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 9th May 1987Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 10th May 1987Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 11th May 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.
- 12th May 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.
- 13th May 1987Give one difference between agribusiness and organic farming.
- 14th May 1987Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 15th May 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.
- 16th May 1987What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 17th May 1987Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 18th May 1987Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 19th May 1987State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 20th May 1987A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 21st May 1987State 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 May 1987State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 23rd May 1987Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 24th May 1987Give 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 May 1987Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
- 26th May 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.
- 27th May 1987Define 'water security'.
- 28th May 1987State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
- 29th May 1987How does an arete form?
- 30th May 1987State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
- 31st May 1987Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?