Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
February 1999 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every sheet in February 1999
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st February 1999Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 2nd February 1999Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 3rd February 1999A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 4th February 1999On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 5th February 1999Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 6th February 1999Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 7th February 1999Suggest 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.
- 8th February 1999A 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.
- 9th February 1999State whether the north and west of the UK, or the south and east, has the larger water surplus, and give one reason why.
- 10th February 1999Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 11th February 1999A 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.
- 12th February 1999What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 13th February 1999Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 14th February 1999Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 15th February 1999State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 16th February 1999A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 17th February 1999State whether a population pyramid with a narrow base and a wider top is more likely to show a youthful population or an ageing population.
- 18th February 1999State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 19th February 1999Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 20th February 1999Give one way that urban farming projects like sack gardens can improve a household's diet, other than increasing the total amount of food available.
- 21st February 1999Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
- 22nd February 1999What is a water transfer scheme?
- 23rd February 1999Define 'water security'.
- 24th February 1999State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
- 25th February 1999How does an arete form?
- 26th February 1999State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
- 27th February 1999Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
- 28th February 1999Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.