Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
June 1989 5-a-day
Every sheet in June 1989
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st June 1989What name is given to aid provided immediately after a disaster to meet urgent needs such as food and shelter?
- 2nd June 1989A 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.
- 3rd June 1989State one crop type that grows well in a sack garden because it grows quickly and does not need deep roots.
- 4th June 1989Explain one way that green roofs can reduce a building's energy use.
- 5th June 1989State whether the north and west of the UK, or the south and east, has the larger water surplus, and give one reason why.
- 6th June 1989Give one reason a shared, transboundary river can create uncertainty over water supply for a downstream country.
- 7th June 1989Explain why battery storage or backup power stations are needed alongside a windfarm like Whitelee.
- 8th June 1989Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
- 9th June 1989Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
- 10th June 1989What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
- 11th June 1989What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
- 12th June 1989Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
- 13th June 1989Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
- 14th June 1989Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 15th June 1989In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 16th June 1989Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 17th June 1989Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 18th June 1989What is a water transfer scheme?
- 19th June 1989State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 20th June 1989Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 21st June 1989What is a glacial trough?
- 22nd June 1989In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 23rd June 1989Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 24th June 1989Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 25th June 1989A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 26th June 1989On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 27th June 1989Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 28th June 1989Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 29th June 1989Suggest 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.
- 30th June 1989A 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.