Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
November 2001 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every GCSE Geography sheet published in November 2001, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.
Every sheet in November 2001
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st November 2001Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
- 2nd November 2001Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 3rd November 2001In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 4th November 2001Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 5th November 2001Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 6th November 2001What is meant by 'resource security'?
- 7th November 2001State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 8th November 2001Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 9th November 2001What is a glacial trough?
- 10th November 2001In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 11th November 2001Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 12th November 2001Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 13th November 2001A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 14th November 2001On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 15th November 2001Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 16th November 2001Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 17th November 2001Suggest 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.
- 18th November 2001A 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.
- 19th November 2001Give one difference between agribusiness and organic farming.
- 20th November 2001Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 21st November 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.
- 22nd November 2001What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 23rd November 2001Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 24th November 2001Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 25th November 2001State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 26th November 2001A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 27th November 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.
- 28th November 2001State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 29th November 2001Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 30th November 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.