Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
December 2009 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every GCSE Geography sheet published in December 2009, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.
Every sheet in December 2009
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 2009What name is given to aid provided immediately after a disaster to meet urgent needs such as food and shelter?
- 2nd December 2009A storage tank collects water from a roof with an area of 40 square metres. In a storm, 10mm of rain falls and the system captures 90 percent of it. Calculate the volume collected, in litres.
- 3rd December 2009State one crop type that grows well in a sack garden because it grows quickly and does not need deep roots.
- 4th December 2009Explain one way that green roofs can reduce a building's energy use.
- 5th December 2009State whether the north and west of the UK, or the south and east, has the larger water surplus, and give one reason why.
- 6th December 2009Give one reason a shared, transboundary river can create uncertainty over water supply for a downstream country.
- 7th December 2009Explain why battery storage or backup power stations are needed alongside a windfarm like Whitelee.
- 8th December 2009Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
- 9th December 2009Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
- 10th December 2009What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
- 11th December 2009What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
- 12th December 2009Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
- 13th December 2009Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
- 14th December 2009Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 15th December 2009In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 16th December 2009Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 17th December 2009Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 18th December 2009What is a water transfer scheme?
- 19th December 2009State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 20th December 2009Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 21st December 2009What is a glacial trough?
- 22nd December 2009In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 23rd December 2009Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 24th December 2009Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 25th December 2009A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 26th December 2009On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 27th December 2009Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 28th December 2009Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 29th December 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.
- 30th December 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.
- 31st December 2009Define 'food miles'.