Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
November 1991 5-a-day
Every sheet in November 1991
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st November 1991On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 2nd November 1991Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 3rd November 1991Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 4th November 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.
- 5th November 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.
- 6th November 1991Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
- 7th November 1991Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 8th November 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.
- 9th November 1991What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 10th November 1991Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 11th November 1991Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 12th November 1991State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 13th November 1991A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 14th November 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.
- 15th November 1991State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 16th November 1991Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 17th November 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.
- 18th November 1991Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
- 19th November 1991What is meant by 'resource security'?
- 20th November 1991Define 'water security'.
- 21st November 1991State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
- 22nd November 1991How does an arete form?
- 23rd November 1991State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
- 24th November 1991Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
- 25th November 1991Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
- 26th November 1991Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?
- 27th November 1991In 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.
- 28th November 1991What does GNI stand for?
- 29th November 1991A farmer switches from flooding a field to drip irrigation. Give one reason this reduces the amount of water needed.
- 30th November 1991Name one urban farming technique, other than a sack garden, that could be used to grow food in a small space in a city.