Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
September 1992 5-a-day
Every sheet in September 1992
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 1992State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 2nd September 1992Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 3rd September 1992What is a glacial trough?
- 4th September 1992In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 5th September 1992Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 6th September 1992Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 7th September 1992A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 8th September 1992On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 9th September 1992Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 10th September 1992Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 11th September 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.
- 12th September 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.
- 13th September 1992Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
- 14th September 1992Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 15th September 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.
- 16th September 1992What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 17th September 1992Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 18th September 1992Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 19th September 1992State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 20th September 1992A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 21st September 1992State whether a population pyramid with a narrow base and a wider top is more likely to show a youthful population or an ageing population.
- 22nd September 1992State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 23rd September 1992Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 24th September 1992Give one way that urban farming projects like sack gardens can improve a household's diet, other than increasing the total amount of food available.
- 25th September 1992Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
- 26th September 1992What is meant by 'resource security'?
- 27th September 1992Define 'water security'.
- 28th September 1992State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
- 29th September 1992How does an arete form?
- 30th September 1992State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.