Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
May 2006 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every GCSE Geography sheet published in May 2006, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.
Every sheet in May 2006
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 2006Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 2nd May 2006Name the power station whose closure in 2024 ended coal-fired electricity generation in Great Britain.
- 3rd May 2006State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 4th May 2006Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 5th May 2006What is a glacial trough?
- 6th May 2006In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 7th May 2006Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 8th May 2006Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 9th May 2006A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 10th May 2006On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 11th May 2006Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 12th May 2006Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 13th May 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.
- 14th May 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.
- 15th May 2006Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
- 16th May 2006Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 17th May 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.
- 18th May 2006What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 19th May 2006Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 20th May 2006Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 21st May 2006State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 22nd May 2006A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 23rd May 2006State whether a population pyramid with a narrow base and a wider top is more likely to show a youthful population or an ageing population.
- 24th May 2006State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 25th May 2006Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 26th May 2006Give one way that urban farming projects like sack gardens can improve a household's diet, other than increasing the total amount of food available.
- 27th May 2006Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
- 28th May 2006What is meant by 'resource security'?
- 29th May 2006Define 'water security'.
- 30th May 2006State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
- 31st May 2006How does an arete form?