Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
February 2002 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every GCSE Geography sheet published in February 2002, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.
Every sheet in February 2002
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st February 2002Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 2nd February 2002Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 3rd February 2002Suggest 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.
- 4th February 2002A 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.
- 5th February 2002Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
- 6th February 2002Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 7th February 2002A 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.
- 8th February 2002What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 9th February 2002Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 10th February 2002Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 11th February 2002State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 12th February 2002A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 13th February 2002State whether a population pyramid with a narrow base and a wider top is more likely to show a youthful population or an ageing population.
- 14th February 2002State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 15th February 2002Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 16th February 2002Give one way that urban farming projects like sack gardens can improve a household's diet, other than increasing the total amount of food available.
- 17th February 2002Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
- 18th February 2002What is meant by 'resource security'?
- 19th February 2002Define 'water security'.
- 20th February 2002State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
- 21st February 2002How does an arete form?
- 22nd February 2002State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
- 23rd February 2002Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
- 24th February 2002Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
- 25th February 2002Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?
- 26th February 2002In 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.
- 27th February 2002What does GNI stand for?
- 28th February 2002A farmer switches from flooding a field to drip irrigation. Give one reason this reduces the amount of water needed.