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October 2002 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day

Every GCSE Geography sheet published in October 2002, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.

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October 2002

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in October 2002

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st October 2002Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
  2. 2nd October 2002Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
  3. 3rd October 2002State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
  4. 4th October 2002A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
  5. 5th October 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.
  6. 6th October 2002State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
  7. 7th October 2002Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
  8. 8th October 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.
  9. 9th October 2002Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
  10. 10th October 2002A supermarket can import strawberries flown a distance of 8,400 km, or buy strawberries grown 240 km away in the UK. Calculate how many times further the imported strawberries travel than the UK-grown ones.
  11. 11th October 2002Define 'water security'.
  12. 12th October 2002State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
  13. 13th October 2002How does an arete form?
  14. 14th October 2002State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
  15. 15th October 2002Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  16. 16th October 2002Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
  17. 17th October 2002Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?
  18. 18th October 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.
  19. 19th October 2002What does GNI stand for?
  20. 20th October 2002A farmer switches from flooding a field to drip irrigation. Give one reason this reduces the amount of water needed.
  21. 21st October 2002Name one urban farming technique, other than a sack garden, that could be used to grow food in a small space in a city.
  22. 22nd October 2002State one transport strategy, other than cycling, that can reduce car use in a city centre.
  23. 23rd October 2002State whether the north and west of the UK, or the south and east, has the larger water surplus, and give one reason why.
  24. 24th October 2002Give one physical factor that can cause a region to have low water availability.
  25. 25th October 2002Give one type of previous land use on the site where Whitelee Windfarm was built.
  26. 26th October 2002Name the process by which rock fragments carried within ice scrape and grind against the bedrock.
  27. 27th October 2002Suggest one reason why revised building codes introduced after the earthquake might take a long time to reduce risk across the whole country.
  28. 28th October 2002Is planting a forest to absorb carbon dioxide an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  29. 29th October 2002Why might selective logging with replanting be more sustainable than clear-felling?
  30. 30th October 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.
  31. 31st October 2002Two countries plot at exactly the same point on a triangular graph of employment structure. State what this tells you about their economies.