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July 1988 5-a-day

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July 1988

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st July 1988State one transport strategy, other than cycling, that can reduce car use in a city centre.
  2. 2nd July 1988Give one difference between agribusiness and organic farming.
  3. 3rd July 1988Give one physical factor that can cause a region to have low water availability.
  4. 4th July 1988Give one type of previous land use on the site where Whitelee Windfarm was built.
  5. 5th July 1988Name the process by which rock fragments carried within ice scrape and grind against the bedrock.
  6. 6th July 1988Suggest one reason why revised building codes introduced after the earthquake might take a long time to reduce risk across the whole country.
  7. 7th July 1988Is planting a forest to absorb carbon dioxide an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  8. 8th July 1988Why might selective logging with replanting be more sustainable than clear-felling?
  9. 9th July 1988Give 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.
  10. 10th July 1988Two countries plot at exactly the same point on a triangular graph of employment structure. State what this tells you about their economies.
  11. 11th July 1988Name the three components combined in the Human Development Index (HDI).
  12. 12th July 1988A community wants a water technology that villagers can repair themselves using local tools and materials. Which term describes this kind of technology?
  13. 13th July 1988What is the term for growing food within a city or town, rather than in the surrounding countryside?
  14. 14th July 1988Name one European district that is used as an example of sustainable urban design.
  15. 15th July 1988A 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.
  16. 16th July 1988State one way industrial growth increases a country's water demand.
  17. 17th July 1988What term describes the maximum electrical power a windfarm could generate if every turbine ran at full output at the same time?
  18. 18th July 1988Name the process by which meltwater refreezes around rock and moving ice pulls the loosened blocks away.
  19. 19th July 1988Give one reason why the avalanche triggered on Everest by the 2015 earthquake was particularly significant.
  20. 20th July 1988Name one greenhouse gas released by burning fossil fuels.
  21. 21st July 1988Give one limitation of relying only on international agreements to stop illegal logging.
  22. 22nd July 1988State 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.
  23. 23rd July 1988On a radial graph comparing five services, a spoke with a small enclosed area close to the centre indicates what about that service?
  24. 24th July 1988What name is given to aid provided immediately after a disaster to meet urgent needs such as food and shelter?
  25. 25th July 1988A 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.
  26. 26th July 1988State one crop type that grows well in a sack garden because it grows quickly and does not need deep roots.
  27. 27th July 1988Explain one way that green roofs can reduce a building's energy use.
  28. 28th July 1988State whether the north and west of the UK, or the south and east, has the larger water surplus, and give one reason why.
  29. 29th July 1988Give one reason a shared, transboundary river can create uncertainty over water supply for a downstream country.
  30. 30th July 1988Explain why battery storage or backup power stations are needed alongside a windfarm like Whitelee.
  31. 31st July 1988Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?