Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
October 2009 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every GCSE Geography sheet published in October 2009, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.
Every sheet in October 2009
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 2009Name the power station whose closure in 2024 ended coal-fired electricity generation in Great Britain.
- 2nd October 2009State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 3rd October 2009Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 4th October 2009What is a glacial trough?
- 5th October 2009In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 6th October 2009Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 7th October 2009Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 8th October 2009A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 9th October 2009On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 10th October 2009Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 11th October 2009Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 12th October 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.
- 13th October 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.
- 14th October 2009Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
- 15th October 2009Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 16th October 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.
- 17th October 2009What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 18th October 2009Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 19th October 2009Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 20th October 2009State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 21st October 2009A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 22nd October 2009State whether a population pyramid with a narrow base and a wider top is more likely to show a youthful population or an ageing population.
- 23rd October 2009State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 24th October 2009Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 25th October 2009Give one way that urban farming projects like sack gardens can improve a household's diet, other than increasing the total amount of food available.
- 26th October 2009Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
- 27th October 2009What is meant by 'resource security'?
- 28th October 2009Define 'water security'.
- 29th October 2009State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
- 30th October 2009How does an arete form?
- 31st October 2009State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.