Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
December 1987 5-a-day
Every sheet in December 1987
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 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.
- 2nd December 1987On a radial graph comparing five services, a spoke with a small enclosed area close to the centre indicates what about that service?
- 3rd December 1987What name is given to aid provided immediately after a disaster to meet urgent needs such as food and shelter?
- 4th December 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.
- 5th December 1987State one crop type that grows well in a sack garden because it grows quickly and does not need deep roots.
- 6th December 1987Explain one way that green roofs can reduce a building's energy use.
- 7th December 1987Give one difference between agribusiness and organic farming.
- 8th December 1987Give one reason a shared, transboundary river can create uncertainty over water supply for a downstream country.
- 9th December 1987Explain why battery storage or backup power stations are needed alongside a windfarm like Whitelee.
- 10th December 1987Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
- 11th December 1987Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
- 12th December 1987What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
- 13th December 1987What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
- 14th December 1987Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
- 15th December 1987Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
- 16th December 1987Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 17th December 1987In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 18th December 1987Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 19th December 1987Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 20th December 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.
- 21st December 1987State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 22nd December 1987Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 23rd December 1987What is a glacial trough?
- 24th December 1987In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 25th December 1987Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 26th December 1987Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 27th December 1987A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 28th December 1987On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 29th December 1987Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 30th December 1987Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 31st December 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.