Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
August 2003 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every GCSE Geography sheet published in August 2003, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.
Every sheet in August 2003
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 2003Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 2nd August 2003Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 3rd August 2003Suggest 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.
- 4th August 2003A 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.
- 5th August 2003Give one difference between agribusiness and organic farming.
- 6th August 2003Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 7th August 2003A 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.
- 8th August 2003What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 9th August 2003Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 10th August 2003Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 11th August 2003State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 12th August 2003A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 13th August 2003State whether a population pyramid with a narrow base and a wider top is more likely to show a youthful population or an ageing population.
- 14th August 2003State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 15th August 2003Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 16th August 2003Give one way that urban farming projects like sack gardens can improve a household's diet, other than increasing the total amount of food available.
- 17th August 2003Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
- 18th August 2003A 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.
- 19th August 2003Define 'water security'.
- 20th August 2003State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
- 21st August 2003How does an arete form?
- 22nd August 2003State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
- 23rd August 2003Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
- 24th August 2003Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
- 25th August 2003Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?
- 26th August 2003In 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.
- 27th August 2003What does GNI stand for?
- 28th August 2003A farmer switches from flooding a field to drip irrigation. Give one reason this reduces the amount of water needed.
- 29th August 2003Name one urban farming technique, other than a sack garden, that could be used to grow food in a small space in a city.
- 30th August 2003State one transport strategy, other than cycling, that can reduce car use in a city centre.
- 31st August 2003State whether the north and west of the UK, or the south and east, has the larger water surplus, and give one reason why.