Daily Practice · GCSE Geography

September 1988 5-a-day

← Today's GCSE Geography sheet

September 1988

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in September 1988

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st September 1988State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
  2. 2nd September 1988Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
  3. 3rd September 1988Give one way that urban farming projects like sack gardens can improve a household's diet, other than increasing the total amount of food available.
  4. 4th September 1988Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
  5. 5th September 1988Name the power station whose closure in 2024 ended coal-fired electricity generation in Great Britain.
  6. 6th September 1988Define 'water security'.
  7. 7th September 1988State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
  8. 8th September 1988How does an arete form?
  9. 9th September 1988State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
  10. 10th September 1988Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  11. 11th September 1988Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
  12. 12th September 1988Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?
  13. 13th September 1988In 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.
  14. 14th September 1988What does GNI stand for?
  15. 15th September 1988A farmer switches from flooding a field to drip irrigation. Give one reason this reduces the amount of water needed.
  16. 16th September 1988Name one urban farming technique, other than a sack garden, that could be used to grow food in a small space in a city.
  17. 17th September 1988State one transport strategy, other than cycling, that can reduce car use in a city centre.
  18. 18th September 1988Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
  19. 19th September 1988Give one physical factor that can cause a region to have low water availability.
  20. 20th September 1988Give one type of previous land use on the site where Whitelee Windfarm was built.
  21. 21st September 1988Name the process by which rock fragments carried within ice scrape and grind against the bedrock.
  22. 22nd September 1988Suggest one reason why revised building codes introduced after the earthquake might take a long time to reduce risk across the whole country.
  23. 23rd September 1988Is planting a forest to absorb carbon dioxide an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  24. 24th September 1988Why might selective logging with replanting be more sustainable than clear-felling?
  25. 25th September 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.
  26. 26th September 1988Two countries plot at exactly the same point on a triangular graph of employment structure. State what this tells you about their economies.
  27. 27th September 1988Name the three components combined in the Human Development Index (HDI).
  28. 28th September 1988A community wants a water technology that villagers can repair themselves using local tools and materials. Which term describes this kind of technology?
  29. 29th September 1988What is the term for growing food within a city or town, rather than in the surrounding countryside?
  30. 30th September 1988Name one European district that is used as an example of sustainable urban design.