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June 1987 5-a-day

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June 1987

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st June 1987Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
  2. 2nd June 1987Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?
  3. 3rd June 1987In Town S, five services are scored out of 100 as follows: Health 72, Education 58, Transport 64, Housing 80, Employment 66. Calculate the mean score across the five services.
  4. 4th June 1987What does GNI stand for?
  5. 5th June 1987A farmer switches from flooding a field to drip irrigation. Give one reason this reduces the amount of water needed.
  6. 6th June 1987Name one urban farming technique, other than a sack garden, that could be used to grow food in a small space in a city.
  7. 7th June 1987State one transport strategy, other than cycling, that can reduce car use in a city centre.
  8. 8th June 1987State whether the north and west of the UK, or the south and east, has the larger water surplus, and give one reason why.
  9. 9th June 1987Give one physical factor that can cause a region to have low water availability.
  10. 10th June 1987Give one type of previous land use on the site where Whitelee Windfarm was built.
  11. 11th June 1987Name the process by which rock fragments carried within ice scrape and grind against the bedrock.
  12. 12th June 1987Suggest one reason why revised building codes introduced after the earthquake might take a long time to reduce risk across the whole country.
  13. 13th June 1987Is planting a forest to absorb carbon dioxide an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  14. 14th June 1987Why might selective logging with replanting be more sustainable than clear-felling?
  15. 15th June 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.
  16. 16th June 1987Two countries plot at exactly the same point on a triangular graph of employment structure. State what this tells you about their economies.
  17. 17th June 1987Name the three components combined in the Human Development Index (HDI).
  18. 18th June 1987A community wants a water technology that villagers can repair themselves using local tools and materials. Which term describes this kind of technology?
  19. 19th June 1987What is the term for growing food within a city or town, rather than in the surrounding countryside?
  20. 20th June 1987Name one European district that is used as an example of sustainable urban design.
  21. 21st June 1987What is a water transfer scheme?
  22. 22nd June 1987State one way industrial growth increases a country's water demand.
  23. 23rd June 1987What term describes the maximum electrical power a windfarm could generate if every turbine ran at full output at the same time?
  24. 24th June 1987Name the process by which meltwater refreezes around rock and moving ice pulls the loosened blocks away.
  25. 25th June 1987Give one reason why the avalanche triggered on Everest by the 2015 earthquake was particularly significant.
  26. 26th June 1987Name one greenhouse gas released by burning fossil fuels.
  27. 27th June 1987Give one limitation of relying only on international agreements to stop illegal logging.
  28. 28th June 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.
  29. 29th June 1987On a radial graph comparing five services, a spoke with a small enclosed area close to the centre indicates what about that service?
  30. 30th June 1987What name is given to aid provided immediately after a disaster to meet urgent needs such as food and shelter?