Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
January 2010 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every GCSE Geography sheet published in January 2010, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.
Every sheet in January 2010
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 2010Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 2nd January 2010A 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.
- 3rd January 2010What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 4th January 2010Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 5th January 2010Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 6th January 2010State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 7th January 2010A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 8th January 2010State whether a population pyramid with a narrow base and a wider top is more likely to show a youthful population or an ageing population.
- 9th January 2010State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 10th January 2010Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 11th January 2010Give one way that urban farming projects like sack gardens can improve a household's diet, other than increasing the total amount of food available.
- 12th January 2010Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
- 13th January 2010Name the power station whose closure in 2024 ended coal-fired electricity generation in Great Britain.
- 14th January 2010Define 'water security'.
- 15th January 2010State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
- 16th January 2010How does an arete form?
- 17th January 2010State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
- 18th January 2010Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
- 19th January 2010Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
- 20th January 2010Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?
- 21st January 2010In 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.
- 22nd January 2010What does GNI stand for?
- 23rd January 2010A farmer switches from flooding a field to drip irrigation. Give one reason this reduces the amount of water needed.
- 24th January 2010Name one urban farming technique, other than a sack garden, that could be used to grow food in a small space in a city.
- 25th January 2010State one transport strategy, other than cycling, that can reduce car use in a city centre.
- 26th January 2010Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
- 27th January 2010Give one physical factor that can cause a region to have low water availability.
- 28th January 2010Give one type of previous land use on the site where Whitelee Windfarm was built.
- 29th January 2010Name the process by which rock fragments carried within ice scrape and grind against the bedrock.
- 30th January 2010Suggest one reason why revised building codes introduced after the earthquake might take a long time to reduce risk across the whole country.
- 31st January 2010Is planting a forest to absorb carbon dioxide an example of mitigation or adaptation?