Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
November 1998 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every sheet in November 1998
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st November 1998Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
- 2nd November 1998What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
- 3rd November 1998What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
- 4th November 1998Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
- 5th November 1998Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
- 6th November 1998Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 7th November 1998In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 8th November 1998Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 9th November 1998Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 10th November 1998What is a water transfer scheme?
- 11th November 1998State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 12th November 1998Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 13th November 1998What is a glacial trough?
- 14th November 1998In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 15th November 1998Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 16th November 1998Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 17th November 1998A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 18th November 1998On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 19th November 1998Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 20th November 1998Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 21st November 1998Suggest 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.
- 22nd November 1998A 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.
- 23rd November 1998Define 'food miles'.
- 24th November 1998Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 25th November 1998A 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.
- 26th November 1998What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 27th November 1998Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 28th November 1998Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 29th November 1998State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 30th November 1998A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.