Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
August 1991 5-a-day
Every sheet in August 1991
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 1991Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
- 2nd August 1991Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
- 3rd August 1991Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 4th August 1991In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 5th August 1991Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 6th August 1991Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 7th August 1991What is meant by 'resource security'?
- 8th August 1991State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 9th August 1991Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 10th August 1991What is a glacial trough?
- 11th August 1991In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 12th August 1991Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 13th August 1991Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 14th August 1991A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 15th August 1991On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 16th August 1991Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 17th August 1991Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 18th August 1991Suggest 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.
- 19th August 1991A 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.
- 20th August 1991Give one difference between agribusiness and organic farming.
- 21st August 1991Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 22nd August 1991A 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.
- 23rd August 1991What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 24th August 1991Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 25th August 1991Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 26th August 1991State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 27th August 1991A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 28th August 1991State whether a population pyramid with a narrow base and a wider top is more likely to show a youthful population or an ageing population.
- 29th August 1991State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 30th August 1991Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 31st August 1991Give one way that urban farming projects like sack gardens can improve a household's diet, other than increasing the total amount of food available.