Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
June 2010 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every GCSE Geography sheet published in June 2010, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.
Every sheet in June 2010
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st June 2010Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 2nd June 2010Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 3rd June 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.
- 4th June 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.
- 5th June 2010Give one difference between agribusiness and organic farming.
- 6th June 2010Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 7th June 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.
- 8th June 2010What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 9th June 2010Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 10th June 2010Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 11th June 2010State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 12th June 2010A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 13th June 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.
- 14th June 2010State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 15th June 2010Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 16th June 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.
- 17th June 2010Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
- 18th June 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.
- 19th June 2010Define 'water security'.
- 20th June 2010State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
- 21st June 2010How does an arete form?
- 22nd June 2010State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
- 23rd June 2010Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
- 24th June 2010Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
- 25th June 2010Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?
- 26th June 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.
- 27th June 2010What does GNI stand for?
- 28th June 2010A farmer switches from flooding a field to drip irrigation. Give one reason this reduces the amount of water needed.
- 29th June 2010Name one urban farming technique, other than a sack garden, that could be used to grow food in a small space in a city.
- 30th June 2010State one transport strategy, other than cycling, that can reduce car use in a city centre.