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November 2006 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day

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

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November 2006

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in November 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 November 2006Define 'water security'.
  2. 2nd November 2006State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
  3. 3rd November 2006How does an arete form?
  4. 4th November 2006State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
  5. 5th November 2006Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  6. 6th November 2006Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
  7. 7th November 2006Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?
  8. 8th November 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.
  9. 9th November 2006What does GNI stand for?
  10. 10th November 2006A farmer switches from flooding a field to drip irrigation. Give one reason this reduces the amount of water needed.
  11. 11th November 2006Name one urban farming technique, other than a sack garden, that could be used to grow food in a small space in a city.
  12. 12th November 2006State one transport strategy, other than cycling, that can reduce car use in a city centre.
  13. 13th November 2006Define 'food miles'.
  14. 14th November 2006Give one physical factor that can cause a region to have low water availability.
  15. 15th November 2006Give one type of previous land use on the site where Whitelee Windfarm was built.
  16. 16th November 2006Name the process by which rock fragments carried within ice scrape and grind against the bedrock.
  17. 17th November 2006Suggest one reason why revised building codes introduced after the earthquake might take a long time to reduce risk across the whole country.
  18. 18th November 2006Is planting a forest to absorb carbon dioxide an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  19. 19th November 2006Why might selective logging with replanting be more sustainable than clear-felling?
  20. 20th November 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.
  21. 21st November 2006Two countries plot at exactly the same point on a triangular graph of employment structure. State what this tells you about their economies.
  22. 22nd November 2006Name the three components combined in the Human Development Index (HDI).
  23. 23rd November 2006A community wants a water technology that villagers can repair themselves using local tools and materials. Which term describes this kind of technology?
  24. 24th November 2006What is the term for growing food within a city or town, rather than in the surrounding countryside?
  25. 25th November 2006Name one European district that is used as an example of sustainable urban design.
  26. 26th November 2006Name the power station whose closure in 2024 ended coal-fired electricity generation in Great Britain.
  27. 27th November 2006State one way industrial growth increases a country's water demand.
  28. 28th November 2006What term describes the maximum electrical power a windfarm could generate if every turbine ran at full output at the same time?
  29. 29th November 2006Name the process by which meltwater refreezes around rock and moving ice pulls the loosened blocks away.
  30. 30th November 2006Give one reason why the avalanche triggered on Everest by the 2015 earthquake was particularly significant.