Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
May 2000 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every sheet in May 2000
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 2000What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
- 2nd May 2000What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
- 3rd May 2000Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
- 4th May 2000Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
- 5th May 2000Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 6th May 2000In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 7th May 2000Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 8th May 2000Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 9th May 2000Name the power station whose closure in 2024 ended coal-fired electricity generation in Great Britain.
- 10th May 2000State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 11th May 2000Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 12th May 2000What is a glacial trough?
- 13th May 2000In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 14th May 2000Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 15th May 2000Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 16th May 2000A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 17th May 2000On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 18th May 2000Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 19th May 2000Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 20th May 2000Suggest 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.
- 21st May 2000A 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.
- 22nd May 2000Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
- 23rd May 2000Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 24th May 2000A 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.
- 25th May 2000What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 26th May 2000Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 27th May 2000Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 28th May 2000State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 29th May 2000A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 30th May 2000State whether a population pyramid with a narrow base and a wider top is more likely to show a youthful population or an ageing population.
- 31st May 2000State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.