Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
December 2002 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every GCSE Geography sheet published in December 2002, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.
Every sheet in December 2002
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 2002Name the power station whose closure in 2024 ended coal-fired electricity generation in Great Britain.
- 2nd December 2002State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 3rd December 2002Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 4th December 2002What is a glacial trough?
- 5th December 2002In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 6th December 2002Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 7th December 2002Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 8th December 2002A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 9th December 2002On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 10th December 2002Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 11th December 2002Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 12th December 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.
- 13th December 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.
- 14th December 2002Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
- 15th December 2002Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 16th December 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.
- 17th December 2002What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 18th December 2002Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 19th December 2002Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 20th December 2002State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 21st December 2002A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 22nd December 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.
- 23rd December 2002State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 24th December 2002Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 25th December 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.
- 26th December 2002Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
- 27th December 2002What is meant by 'resource security'?
- 28th December 2002Define 'water security'.
- 29th December 2002State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
- 30th December 2002How does an arete form?
- 31st December 2002State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.