Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
December 2008 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every GCSE Geography sheet published in December 2008, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.
Every sheet in December 2008
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 2008On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 2nd December 2008Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 3rd December 2008Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 4th December 2008Suggest 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.
- 5th December 2008A 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.
- 6th December 2008Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
- 7th December 2008Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 8th December 2008A 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.
- 9th December 2008What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 10th December 2008Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 11th December 2008Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 12th December 2008State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 13th December 2008A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 14th December 2008State whether a population pyramid with a narrow base and a wider top is more likely to show a youthful population or an ageing population.
- 15th December 2008State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 16th December 2008Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 17th December 2008Give one way that urban farming projects like sack gardens can improve a household's diet, other than increasing the total amount of food available.
- 18th December 2008Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
- 19th December 2008What is meant by 'resource security'?
- 20th December 2008Define 'water security'.
- 21st December 2008State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
- 22nd December 2008How does an arete form?
- 23rd December 2008State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
- 24th December 2008Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
- 25th December 2008Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
- 26th December 2008Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?
- 27th December 2008In 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.
- 28th December 2008What does GNI stand for?
- 29th December 2008A farmer switches from flooding a field to drip irrigation. Give one reason this reduces the amount of water needed.
- 30th December 2008Name one urban farming technique, other than a sack garden, that could be used to grow food in a small space in a city.
- 31st December 2008State one transport strategy, other than cycling, that can reduce car use in a city centre.