Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
October 2006 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every GCSE Geography sheet published in October 2006, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.
Every sheet in October 2006
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 2006Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 2nd October 2006In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 3rd October 2006Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 4th October 2006Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 5th October 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.
- 6th October 2006State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 7th October 2006Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 8th October 2006What is a glacial trough?
- 9th October 2006In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 10th October 2006Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 11th October 2006Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 12th October 2006A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 13th October 2006On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 14th October 2006Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 15th October 2006Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 16th October 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.
- 17th October 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.
- 18th October 2006State whether the north and west of the UK, or the south and east, has the larger water surplus, and give one reason why.
- 19th October 2006Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 20th October 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.
- 21st October 2006What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 22nd October 2006Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 23rd October 2006Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 24th October 2006State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 25th October 2006A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 26th October 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.
- 27th October 2006State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 28th October 2006Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 29th October 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.
- 30th October 2006Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
- 31st October 2006What is a water transfer scheme?