Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
March 2010 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every GCSE Geography sheet published in March 2010, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.
Every sheet in March 2010
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st March 2010Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
- 2nd March 2010Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 3rd March 2010In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 4th March 2010Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 5th March 2010Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 6th March 2010A supermarket can import strawberries flown a distance of 8,400 km, or buy strawberries grown 240 km away in the UK. Calculate how many times further the imported strawberries travel than the UK-grown ones.
- 7th March 2010State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 8th March 2010Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 9th March 2010What is a glacial trough?
- 10th March 2010In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 11th March 2010Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 12th March 2010Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 13th March 2010A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 14th March 2010On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 15th March 2010Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 16th March 2010Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 17th March 2010Suggest 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.
- 18th March 2010A 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.
- 19th March 2010State whether the north and west of the UK, or the south and east, has the larger water surplus, and give one reason why.
- 20th March 2010Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 21st March 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.
- 22nd March 2010What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 23rd March 2010Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 24th March 2010Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 25th March 2010State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 26th March 2010A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 27th March 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.
- 28th March 2010State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 29th March 2010Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 30th March 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.
- 31st March 2010Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.