Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
July 1996 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every sheet in July 1996
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st July 1996Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 2nd July 1996In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 3rd July 1996Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 4th July 1996Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 5th July 1996A 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.
- 6th July 1996State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 7th July 1996Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 8th July 1996What is a glacial trough?
- 9th July 1996In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 10th July 1996Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 11th July 1996Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 12th July 1996A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 13th July 1996On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 14th July 1996Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 15th July 1996Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 16th July 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.
- 17th July 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.
- 18th July 1996State whether the north and west of the UK, or the south and east, has the larger water surplus, and give one reason why.
- 19th July 1996Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 20th July 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.
- 21st July 1996What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 22nd July 1996Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 23rd July 1996Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 24th July 1996State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 25th July 1996A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 26th July 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.
- 27th July 1996State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 28th July 1996Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 29th July 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.
- 30th July 1996Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
- 31st July 1996What is a water transfer scheme?