Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
February 2009 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every GCSE Geography sheet published in February 2009, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.
Every sheet in February 2009
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st February 2009What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
- 2nd February 2009What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
- 3rd February 2009Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
- 4th February 2009Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
- 5th February 2009Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 6th February 2009In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 7th February 2009Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 8th February 2009Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 9th February 2009What is a water transfer scheme?
- 10th February 2009State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 11th February 2009Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 12th February 2009What is a glacial trough?
- 13th February 2009In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 14th February 2009Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 15th February 2009Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 16th February 2009A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 17th February 2009On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 18th February 2009Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 19th February 2009Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 20th February 2009Suggest 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.
- 21st February 2009A 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.
- 22nd February 2009Define 'food miles'.
- 23rd February 2009Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 24th February 2009A 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.
- 25th February 2009What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 26th February 2009Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 27th February 2009Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 28th February 2009State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.