Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
February 1993 5-a-day
Every sheet in February 1993
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st February 1993Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 2nd February 1993Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 3rd February 1993A 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.
- 4th February 1993State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 5th February 1993Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 6th February 1993What is a glacial trough?
- 7th February 1993In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 8th February 1993Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 9th February 1993Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 10th February 1993A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 11th February 1993On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 12th February 1993Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 13th February 1993Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 14th February 1993Suggest 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.
- 15th February 1993A 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.
- 16th February 1993State whether the north and west of the UK, or the south and east, has the larger water surplus, and give one reason why.
- 17th February 1993Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 18th February 1993A 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.
- 19th February 1993What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 20th February 1993Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 21st February 1993Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 22nd February 1993State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 23rd February 1993A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 24th February 1993State whether a population pyramid with a narrow base and a wider top is more likely to show a youthful population or an ageing population.
- 25th February 1993State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 26th February 1993Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 27th February 1993Give one way that urban farming projects like sack gardens can improve a household's diet, other than increasing the total amount of food available.
- 28th February 1993Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.