Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
June 1995 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every sheet in June 1995
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st June 1995Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
- 2nd June 1995Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
- 3rd June 1995What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
- 4th June 1995What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
- 5th June 1995Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
- 6th June 1995Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
- 7th June 1995Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 8th June 1995In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 9th June 1995Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 10th June 1995Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 11th June 1995What is a water transfer scheme?
- 12th June 1995State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 13th June 1995Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 14th June 1995What is a glacial trough?
- 15th June 1995In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 16th June 1995Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 17th June 1995Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 18th June 1995A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 19th June 1995On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 20th June 1995Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 21st June 1995Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 22nd June 1995Suggest 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.
- 23rd June 1995A 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.
- 24th June 1995Define 'food miles'.
- 25th June 1995Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 26th June 1995A 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.
- 27th June 1995What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 28th June 1995Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 29th June 1995Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 30th June 1995State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.