Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
January 2005 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every GCSE Geography sheet published in January 2005, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.
Every sheet in January 2005
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 2005On a radial graph comparing five services, a spoke with a small enclosed area close to the centre indicates what about that service?
- 2nd January 2005What name is given to aid provided immediately after a disaster to meet urgent needs such as food and shelter?
- 3rd January 2005A storage tank collects water from a roof with an area of 40 square metres. In a storm, 10mm of rain falls and the system captures 90 percent of it. Calculate the volume collected, in litres.
- 4th January 2005State one crop type that grows well in a sack garden because it grows quickly and does not need deep roots.
- 5th January 2005Explain one way that green roofs can reduce a building's energy use.
- 6th January 2005Give one difference between agribusiness and organic farming.
- 7th January 2005Give one reason a shared, transboundary river can create uncertainty over water supply for a downstream country.
- 8th January 2005Explain why battery storage or backup power stations are needed alongside a windfarm like Whitelee.
- 9th January 2005Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
- 10th January 2005Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
- 11th January 2005What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
- 12th January 2005What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
- 13th January 2005Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
- 14th January 2005Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
- 15th January 2005Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 16th January 2005In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 17th January 2005Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 18th January 2005Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 19th January 2005A 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.
- 20th January 2005State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 21st January 2005Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 22nd January 2005What is a glacial trough?
- 23rd January 2005In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 24th January 2005Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 25th January 2005Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 26th January 2005A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 27th January 2005On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 28th January 2005Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 29th January 2005Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 30th January 2005Suggest 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.
- 31st January 2005A 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.