Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
August 2010 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every GCSE Geography sheet published in August 2010, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.
Every sheet in August 2010
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 2010What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
- 2nd August 2010What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
- 3rd August 2010Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
- 4th August 2010Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
- 5th August 2010Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 6th August 2010In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 7th August 2010Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 8th August 2010Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 9th August 2010Name the power station whose closure in 2024 ended coal-fired electricity generation in Great Britain.
- 10th August 2010State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 11th August 2010Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 12th August 2010What is a glacial trough?
- 13th August 2010In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 14th August 2010Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 15th August 2010Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 16th August 2010A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 17th August 2010On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 18th August 2010Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 19th August 2010Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 20th August 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.
- 21st August 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.
- 22nd August 2010Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
- 23rd August 2010Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 24th August 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.
- 25th August 2010What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 26th August 2010Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 27th August 2010Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 28th August 2010State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 29th August 2010A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 30th August 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.
- 31st August 2010State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.