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June 2006 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day

Every GCSE Geography sheet published in June 2006, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.

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June 2006

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in June 2006

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st June 2006State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
  2. 2nd June 2006Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  3. 3rd June 2006Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
  4. 4th June 2006Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?
  5. 5th June 2006In 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.
  6. 6th June 2006What does GNI stand for?
  7. 7th June 2006A farmer switches from flooding a field to drip irrigation. Give one reason this reduces the amount of water needed.
  8. 8th June 2006Name one urban farming technique, other than a sack garden, that could be used to grow food in a small space in a city.
  9. 9th June 2006State one transport strategy, other than cycling, that can reduce car use in a city centre.
  10. 10th June 2006Give one difference between agribusiness and organic farming.
  11. 11th June 2006Give one physical factor that can cause a region to have low water availability.
  12. 12th June 2006Give one type of previous land use on the site where Whitelee Windfarm was built.
  13. 13th June 2006Name the process by which rock fragments carried within ice scrape and grind against the bedrock.
  14. 14th June 2006Suggest one reason why revised building codes introduced after the earthquake might take a long time to reduce risk across the whole country.
  15. 15th June 2006Is planting a forest to absorb carbon dioxide an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  16. 16th June 2006Why might selective logging with replanting be more sustainable than clear-felling?
  17. 17th June 2006Give one reason why a compound (divided) bar chart might be chosen over a simple bar chart when comparing rainfall from two different rain gauges each month.
  18. 18th June 2006Two countries plot at exactly the same point on a triangular graph of employment structure. State what this tells you about their economies.
  19. 19th June 2006Name the three components combined in the Human Development Index (HDI).
  20. 20th June 2006A community wants a water technology that villagers can repair themselves using local tools and materials. Which term describes this kind of technology?
  21. 21st June 2006What is the term for growing food within a city or town, rather than in the surrounding countryside?
  22. 22nd June 2006Name one European district that is used as an example of sustainable urban design.
  23. 23rd June 2006A 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.
  24. 24th June 2006State one way industrial growth increases a country's water demand.
  25. 25th June 2006What term describes the maximum electrical power a windfarm could generate if every turbine ran at full output at the same time?
  26. 26th June 2006Name the process by which meltwater refreezes around rock and moving ice pulls the loosened blocks away.
  27. 27th June 2006Give one reason why the avalanche triggered on Everest by the 2015 earthquake was particularly significant.
  28. 28th June 2006Name one greenhouse gas released by burning fossil fuels.
  29. 29th June 2006Give one limitation of relying only on international agreements to stop illegal logging.
  30. 30th June 2006State one reason why a pie chart, rather than a bar chart, is the better choice for showing how a household's monthly budget is divided between four spending categories.