Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
August 1988 5-a-day
Every sheet in August 1988
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 1988Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
- 2nd August 1988What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
- 3rd August 1988What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
- 4th August 1988Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
- 5th August 1988Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
- 6th August 1988Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 7th August 1988In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 8th August 1988Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 9th August 1988Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 10th August 1988What is a water transfer scheme?
- 11th August 1988State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 12th August 1988Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 13th August 1988What is a glacial trough?
- 14th August 1988In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 15th August 1988Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 16th August 1988Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 17th August 1988A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 18th August 1988On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 19th August 1988Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 20th August 1988Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 21st August 1988Suggest 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.
- 22nd August 1988A 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.
- 23rd August 1988Define 'food miles'.
- 24th August 1988Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 25th August 1988A 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.
- 26th August 1988What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 27th August 1988Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 28th August 1988Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 29th August 1988State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 30th August 1988A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 31st August 1988State whether a population pyramid with a narrow base and a wider top is more likely to show a youthful population or an ageing population.