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September 1996 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day

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September 1996

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in September 1996

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st September 1996Give one limitation of relying only on international agreements to stop illegal logging.
  2. 2nd September 1996State one reason why a pie chart, rather than a bar chart, is the better choice for showing how a household's monthly budget is divided between four spending categories.
  3. 3rd September 1996On a radial graph comparing five services, a spoke with a small enclosed area close to the centre indicates what about that service?
  4. 4th September 1996What name is given to aid provided immediately after a disaster to meet urgent needs such as food and shelter?
  5. 5th September 1996A storage tank collects water from a roof with an area of 40 square metres. In a storm, 10mm of rain falls and the system captures 90 percent of it. Calculate the volume collected, in litres.
  6. 6th September 1996State one crop type that grows well in a sack garden because it grows quickly and does not need deep roots.
  7. 7th September 1996Explain one way that green roofs can reduce a building's energy use.
  8. 8th September 1996Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
  9. 9th September 1996Give one reason a shared, transboundary river can create uncertainty over water supply for a downstream country.
  10. 10th September 1996Explain why battery storage or backup power stations are needed alongside a windfarm like Whitelee.
  11. 11th September 1996Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
  12. 12th September 1996Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
  13. 13th September 1996What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
  14. 14th September 1996What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
  15. 15th September 1996Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
  16. 16th September 1996Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
  17. 17th September 1996Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
  18. 18th September 1996In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
  19. 19th September 1996Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
  20. 20th September 1996Define 'urban sustainability'.
  21. 21st September 1996What is meant by 'resource security'?
  22. 22nd September 1996State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
  23. 23rd September 1996Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
  24. 24th September 1996What is a glacial trough?
  25. 25th September 1996In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
  26. 26th September 1996Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
  27. 27th September 1996Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
  28. 28th September 1996A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
  29. 29th September 1996On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
  30. 30th September 1996Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.