Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
April 2002 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every GCSE Geography sheet published in April 2002, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.
Every sheet in April 2002
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st April 2002Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
- 2nd April 2002Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
- 3rd April 2002What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
- 4th April 2002What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
- 5th April 2002Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
- 6th April 2002Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
- 7th April 2002Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 8th April 2002In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 9th April 2002Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 10th April 2002Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 11th April 2002What is a water transfer scheme?
- 12th April 2002State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 13th April 2002Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 14th April 2002What is a glacial trough?
- 15th April 2002In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 16th April 2002Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 17th April 2002Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 18th April 2002A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 19th April 2002On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 20th April 2002Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 21st April 2002Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 22nd April 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.
- 23rd April 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.
- 24th April 2002Define 'food miles'.
- 25th April 2002Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 26th April 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.
- 27th April 2002What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 28th April 2002Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 29th April 2002Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 30th April 2002State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.