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September 2010 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day

Every GCSE Geography sheet published in September 2010, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.

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September 2010

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in September 2010

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st September 2010Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
  2. 2nd September 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.
  3. 3rd September 2010Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
  4. 4th September 2010What is meant by 'resource security'?
  5. 5th September 2010Define 'water security'.
  6. 6th September 2010State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
  7. 7th September 2010How does an arete form?
  8. 8th September 2010State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
  9. 9th September 2010Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  10. 10th September 2010Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
  11. 11th September 2010Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?
  12. 12th September 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.
  13. 13th September 2010What does GNI stand for?
  14. 14th September 2010A farmer switches from flooding a field to drip irrigation. Give one reason this reduces the amount of water needed.
  15. 15th September 2010Name one urban farming technique, other than a sack garden, that could be used to grow food in a small space in a city.
  16. 16th September 2010State one transport strategy, other than cycling, that can reduce car use in a city centre.
  17. 17th September 2010Give one difference between agribusiness and organic farming.
  18. 18th September 2010Give one physical factor that can cause a region to have low water availability.
  19. 19th September 2010Give one type of previous land use on the site where Whitelee Windfarm was built.
  20. 20th September 2010Name the process by which rock fragments carried within ice scrape and grind against the bedrock.
  21. 21st September 2010Suggest one reason why revised building codes introduced after the earthquake might take a long time to reduce risk across the whole country.
  22. 22nd September 2010Is planting a forest to absorb carbon dioxide an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  23. 23rd September 2010Why might selective logging with replanting be more sustainable than clear-felling?
  24. 24th September 2010Give one reason why a compound (divided) bar chart might be chosen over a simple bar chart when comparing rainfall from two different rain gauges each month.
  25. 25th September 2010Two countries plot at exactly the same point on a triangular graph of employment structure. State what this tells you about their economies.
  26. 26th September 2010Name the three components combined in the Human Development Index (HDI).
  27. 27th September 2010A community wants a water technology that villagers can repair themselves using local tools and materials. Which term describes this kind of technology?
  28. 28th September 2010What is the term for growing food within a city or town, rather than in the surrounding countryside?
  29. 29th September 2010Name one European district that is used as an example of sustainable urban design.
  30. 30th September 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.