Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
September 1989 5-a-day
Every sheet in September 1989
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 1989In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 2nd September 1989Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 3rd September 1989Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 4th September 1989A 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.
- 5th September 1989State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 6th September 1989Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 7th September 1989What is a glacial trough?
- 8th September 1989In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 9th September 1989Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 10th September 1989Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 11th September 1989A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 12th September 1989On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 13th September 1989Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 14th September 1989Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 15th September 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.
- 16th September 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.
- 17th September 1989State whether the north and west of the UK, or the south and east, has the larger water surplus, and give one reason why.
- 18th September 1989Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 19th September 1989A 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.
- 20th September 1989What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 21st September 1989Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 22nd September 1989Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 23rd September 1989State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 24th September 1989A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 25th September 1989State whether a population pyramid with a narrow base and a wider top is more likely to show a youthful population or an ageing population.
- 26th September 1989State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 27th September 1989Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 28th September 1989Give one way that urban farming projects like sack gardens can improve a household's diet, other than increasing the total amount of food available.
- 29th September 1989Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
- 30th September 1989What is a water transfer scheme?