Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
June 1992 5-a-day
Every sheet in June 1992
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st June 1992Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
- 2nd June 1992Give one reason a shared, transboundary river can create uncertainty over water supply for a downstream country.
- 3rd June 1992Explain why battery storage or backup power stations are needed alongside a windfarm like Whitelee.
- 4th June 1992Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
- 5th June 1992Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
- 6th June 1992What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
- 7th June 1992What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
- 8th June 1992Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
- 9th June 1992Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
- 10th June 1992Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 11th June 1992In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 12th June 1992Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 13th June 1992Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 14th June 1992What is meant by 'resource security'?
- 15th June 1992State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 16th June 1992Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 17th June 1992What is a glacial trough?
- 18th June 1992In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 19th June 1992Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 20th June 1992Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 21st June 1992A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 22nd June 1992On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 23rd June 1992Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 24th June 1992Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 25th June 1992Suggest 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.
- 26th June 1992A 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.
- 27th June 1992Give one difference between agribusiness and organic farming.
- 28th June 1992Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 29th June 1992A 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.
- 30th June 1992What is a corrie (or cirque)?