Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
May 2002 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every GCSE Geography sheet published in May 2002, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.
Every sheet in May 2002
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 2002A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 2nd May 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.
- 3rd May 2002State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 4th May 2002Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 5th May 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.
- 6th May 2002Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
- 7th May 2002Name the power station whose closure in 2024 ended coal-fired electricity generation in Great Britain.
- 8th May 2002Define 'water security'.
- 9th May 2002State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
- 10th May 2002How does an arete form?
- 11th May 2002State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
- 12th May 2002Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
- 13th May 2002Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
- 14th May 2002Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?
- 15th May 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.
- 16th May 2002What does GNI stand for?
- 17th May 2002A farmer switches from flooding a field to drip irrigation. Give one reason this reduces the amount of water needed.
- 18th May 2002Name one urban farming technique, other than a sack garden, that could be used to grow food in a small space in a city.
- 19th May 2002State one transport strategy, other than cycling, that can reduce car use in a city centre.
- 20th May 2002Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
- 21st May 2002Give one physical factor that can cause a region to have low water availability.
- 22nd May 2002Give one type of previous land use on the site where Whitelee Windfarm was built.
- 23rd May 2002Name the process by which rock fragments carried within ice scrape and grind against the bedrock.
- 24th May 2002Suggest one reason why revised building codes introduced after the earthquake might take a long time to reduce risk across the whole country.
- 25th May 2002Is planting a forest to absorb carbon dioxide an example of mitigation or adaptation?
- 26th May 2002Why might selective logging with replanting be more sustainable than clear-felling?
- 27th May 2002Give one reason why a compound (divided) bar chart might be chosen over a simple bar chart when comparing rainfall from two different rain gauges each month.
- 28th May 2002Two countries plot at exactly the same point on a triangular graph of employment structure. State what this tells you about their economies.
- 29th May 2002Name the three components combined in the Human Development Index (HDI).
- 30th May 2002A community wants a water technology that villagers can repair themselves using local tools and materials. Which term describes this kind of technology?
- 31st May 2002What is the term for growing food within a city or town, rather than in the surrounding countryside?