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October 1989 5-a-day

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October 1989

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

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  1. 1st October 1989Define 'water security'.
  2. 2nd October 1989State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
  3. 3rd October 1989How does an arete form?
  4. 4th October 1989State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
  5. 5th October 1989Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  6. 6th October 1989Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
  7. 7th October 1989Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?
  8. 8th October 1989In 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.
  9. 9th October 1989What does GNI stand for?
  10. 10th October 1989A farmer switches from flooding a field to drip irrigation. Give one reason this reduces the amount of water needed.
  11. 11th October 1989Name one urban farming technique, other than a sack garden, that could be used to grow food in a small space in a city.
  12. 12th October 1989State one transport strategy, other than cycling, that can reduce car use in a city centre.
  13. 13th October 1989Define 'food miles'.
  14. 14th October 1989Give one physical factor that can cause a region to have low water availability.
  15. 15th October 1989Give one type of previous land use on the site where Whitelee Windfarm was built.
  16. 16th October 1989Name the process by which rock fragments carried within ice scrape and grind against the bedrock.
  17. 17th October 1989Suggest one reason why revised building codes introduced after the earthquake might take a long time to reduce risk across the whole country.
  18. 18th October 1989Is planting a forest to absorb carbon dioxide an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  19. 19th October 1989Why might selective logging with replanting be more sustainable than clear-felling?
  20. 20th October 1989Give 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.
  21. 21st October 1989Two countries plot at exactly the same point on a triangular graph of employment structure. State what this tells you about their economies.
  22. 22nd October 1989Name the three components combined in the Human Development Index (HDI).
  23. 23rd October 1989A community wants a water technology that villagers can repair themselves using local tools and materials. Which term describes this kind of technology?
  24. 24th October 1989What is the term for growing food within a city or town, rather than in the surrounding countryside?
  25. 25th October 1989Name one European district that is used as an example of sustainable urban design.
  26. 26th October 1989Name the power station whose closure in 2024 ended coal-fired electricity generation in Great Britain.
  27. 27th October 1989State one way industrial growth increases a country's water demand.
  28. 28th October 1989What term describes the maximum electrical power a windfarm could generate if every turbine ran at full output at the same time?
  29. 29th October 1989Name the process by which meltwater refreezes around rock and moving ice pulls the loosened blocks away.
  30. 30th October 1989Give one reason why the avalanche triggered on Everest by the 2015 earthquake was particularly significant.
  31. 31st October 1989Name one greenhouse gas released by burning fossil fuels.