Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
May 2010 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every GCSE Geography sheet published in May 2010, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.
Every sheet in May 2010
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st May 2010Give one reason why the avalanche triggered on Everest by the 2015 earthquake was particularly significant.
- 2nd May 2010Name one greenhouse gas released by burning fossil fuels.
- 3rd May 2010Give one limitation of relying only on international agreements to stop illegal logging.
- 4th May 2010State one reason why a pie chart, rather than a bar chart, is the better choice for showing how a household's monthly budget is divided between four spending categories.
- 5th May 2010On a radial graph comparing five services, a spoke with a small enclosed area close to the centre indicates what about that service?
- 6th May 2010What name is given to aid provided immediately after a disaster to meet urgent needs such as food and shelter?
- 7th May 2010A 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.
- 8th May 2010State one crop type that grows well in a sack garden because it grows quickly and does not need deep roots.
- 9th May 2010Explain one way that green roofs can reduce a building's energy use.
- 10th May 2010Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
- 11th May 2010Give one reason a shared, transboundary river can create uncertainty over water supply for a downstream country.
- 12th May 2010Explain why battery storage or backup power stations are needed alongside a windfarm like Whitelee.
- 13th May 2010Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
- 14th May 2010Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
- 15th May 2010What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
- 16th May 2010What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
- 17th May 2010Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
- 18th May 2010Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
- 19th May 2010Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 20th May 2010In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 21st May 2010Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 22nd May 2010Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 23rd May 2010What is meant by 'resource security'?
- 24th May 2010State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 25th May 2010Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 26th May 2010What is a glacial trough?
- 27th May 2010In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 28th May 2010Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 29th May 2010Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 30th May 2010A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 31st May 2010On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?