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April 2001 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day

Every GCSE Geography sheet published in April 2001, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.

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April 2001

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in April 2001

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

  1. 1st April 2001A 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.
  2. 2nd April 2001What is a corrie (or cirque)?
  3. 3rd April 2001Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
  4. 4th April 2001Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
  5. 5th April 2001State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
  6. 6th April 2001A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
  7. 7th April 2001State whether a population pyramid with a narrow base and a wider top is more likely to show a youthful population or an ageing population.
  8. 8th April 2001State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
  9. 9th April 2001Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
  10. 10th April 2001Give one way that urban farming projects like sack gardens can improve a household's diet, other than increasing the total amount of food available.
  11. 11th April 2001Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
  12. 12th April 2001What is meant by 'resource security'?
  13. 13th April 2001Define 'water security'.
  14. 14th April 2001State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
  15. 15th April 2001How does an arete form?
  16. 16th April 2001State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
  17. 17th April 2001Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  18. 18th April 2001Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
  19. 19th April 2001Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?
  20. 20th April 2001In Town S, five services are scored out of 100 as follows: Health 72, Education 58, Transport 64, Housing 80, Employment 66. Calculate the mean score across the five services.
  21. 21st April 2001What does GNI stand for?
  22. 22nd April 2001A farmer switches from flooding a field to drip irrigation. Give one reason this reduces the amount of water needed.
  23. 23rd April 2001Name one urban farming technique, other than a sack garden, that could be used to grow food in a small space in a city.
  24. 24th April 2001State one transport strategy, other than cycling, that can reduce car use in a city centre.
  25. 25th April 2001Give one difference between agribusiness and organic farming.
  26. 26th April 2001Give one physical factor that can cause a region to have low water availability.
  27. 27th April 2001Give one type of previous land use on the site where Whitelee Windfarm was built.
  28. 28th April 2001Name the process by which rock fragments carried within ice scrape and grind against the bedrock.
  29. 29th April 2001Suggest one reason why revised building codes introduced after the earthquake might take a long time to reduce risk across the whole country.
  30. 30th April 2001Is planting a forest to absorb carbon dioxide an example of mitigation or adaptation?