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