Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
February 2006 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every GCSE Geography sheet published in February 2006, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.
Every sheet in February 2006
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st February 2006Give one reason a shared, transboundary river can create uncertainty over water supply for a downstream country.
- 2nd February 2006Explain why battery storage or backup power stations are needed alongside a windfarm like Whitelee.
- 3rd February 2006Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
- 4th February 2006Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
- 5th February 2006What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
- 6th February 2006What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
- 7th February 2006Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
- 8th February 2006Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
- 9th February 2006Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 10th February 2006In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 11th February 2006Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 12th February 2006Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 13th February 2006What is meant by 'resource security'?
- 14th February 2006State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 15th February 2006Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 16th February 2006What is a glacial trough?
- 17th February 2006In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 18th February 2006Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 19th February 2006Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 20th February 2006A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 21st February 2006On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 22nd February 2006Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 23rd February 2006Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 24th February 2006Suggest 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.
- 25th February 2006A 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.
- 26th February 2006Give one difference between agribusiness and organic farming.
- 27th February 2006Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 28th February 2006A 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.