Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
July 2009 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every GCSE Geography sheet published in July 2009, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.
Every sheet in July 2009
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st July 2009Explain one way that green roofs can reduce a building's energy use.
- 2nd July 2009Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
- 3rd July 2009Give one reason a shared, transboundary river can create uncertainty over water supply for a downstream country.
- 4th July 2009Explain why battery storage or backup power stations are needed alongside a windfarm like Whitelee.
- 5th July 2009Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
- 6th July 2009Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
- 7th July 2009What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
- 8th July 2009What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
- 9th July 2009Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
- 10th July 2009Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
- 11th July 2009Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 12th July 2009In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 13th July 2009Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 14th July 2009Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 15th July 2009What is meant by 'resource security'?
- 16th July 2009State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 17th July 2009Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 18th July 2009What is a glacial trough?
- 19th July 2009In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 20th July 2009Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 21st July 2009Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 22nd July 2009A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 23rd July 2009On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 24th July 2009Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 25th July 2009Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 26th July 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.
- 27th July 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.
- 28th July 2009Give one difference between agribusiness and organic farming.
- 29th July 2009Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 30th July 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.
- 31st July 2009What is a corrie (or cirque)?