Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
February 1996 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every sheet in February 1996
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st February 1996State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 2nd February 1996Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 3rd February 1996What is a glacial trough?
- 4th February 1996In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 5th February 1996Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 6th February 1996Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 7th February 1996A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 8th February 1996On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 9th February 1996Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 10th February 1996Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 11th February 1996Suggest 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 February 1996A 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 February 1996Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
- 14th February 1996Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 15th February 1996A 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 February 1996What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 17th February 1996Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 18th February 1996Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 19th February 1996State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 20th February 1996A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 21st February 1996State 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 February 1996State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 23rd February 1996Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 24th February 1996Give 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 February 1996Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
- 26th February 1996What is meant by 'resource security'?
- 27th February 1996Define 'water security'.
- 28th February 1996State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
- 29th February 1996How does an arete form?