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March 1990 5-a-day

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March 1990

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in March 1990

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

  1. 1st March 1990State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
  2. 2nd March 1990Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
  3. 3rd March 1990Give 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 March 1990Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
  5. 5th March 1990What is meant by 'resource security'?
  6. 6th March 1990Define 'water security'.
  7. 7th March 1990State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
  8. 8th March 1990How does an arete form?
  9. 9th March 1990State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
  10. 10th March 1990Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  11. 11th March 1990Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
  12. 12th March 1990Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?
  13. 13th March 1990In 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 March 1990What does GNI stand for?
  15. 15th March 1990A farmer switches from flooding a field to drip irrigation. Give one reason this reduces the amount of water needed.
  16. 16th March 1990Name 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 March 1990State one transport strategy, other than cycling, that can reduce car use in a city centre.
  18. 18th March 1990Give one difference between agribusiness and organic farming.
  19. 19th March 1990Give one physical factor that can cause a region to have low water availability.
  20. 20th March 1990Give one type of previous land use on the site where Whitelee Windfarm was built.
  21. 21st March 1990Name the process by which rock fragments carried within ice scrape and grind against the bedrock.
  22. 22nd March 1990Suggest one reason why revised building codes introduced after the earthquake might take a long time to reduce risk across the whole country.
  23. 23rd March 1990Is planting a forest to absorb carbon dioxide an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  24. 24th March 1990Why might selective logging with replanting be more sustainable than clear-felling?
  25. 25th March 1990Give 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 March 1990Two countries plot at exactly the same point on a triangular graph of employment structure. State what this tells you about their economies.
  27. 27th March 1990Name the three components combined in the Human Development Index (HDI).
  28. 28th March 1990A community wants a water technology that villagers can repair themselves using local tools and materials. Which term describes this kind of technology?
  29. 29th March 1990What is the term for growing food within a city or town, rather than in the surrounding countryside?
  30. 30th March 1990Name one European district that is used as an example of sustainable urban design.
  31. 31st March 1990A 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.