Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
September 2005 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every GCSE Geography sheet published in September 2005, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.
Every sheet in September 2005
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 2005Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
- 2nd September 2005What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
- 3rd September 2005What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
- 4th September 2005Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
- 5th September 2005Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
- 6th September 2005Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 7th September 2005In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 8th September 2005Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 9th September 2005Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 10th September 2005What is a water transfer scheme?
- 11th September 2005State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 12th September 2005Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 13th September 2005What is a glacial trough?
- 14th September 2005In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 15th September 2005Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 16th September 2005Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 17th September 2005A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 18th September 2005On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 19th September 2005Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 20th September 2005Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 21st September 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.
- 22nd September 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.
- 23rd September 2005Define 'food miles'.
- 24th September 2005Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 25th September 2005A 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.
- 26th September 2005What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 27th September 2005Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 28th September 2005Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 29th September 2005State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 30th September 2005A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.