Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
November 2010 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every GCSE Geography sheet published in November 2010, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.
Every sheet in November 2010
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st November 2010Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 2nd November 2010A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 3rd November 2010On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 4th November 2010Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 5th November 2010Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 6th November 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.
- 7th November 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.
- 8th November 2010Define 'food miles'.
- 9th November 2010Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 10th November 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.
- 11th November 2010What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 12th November 2010Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 13th November 2010Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 14th November 2010State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 15th November 2010A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 16th November 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.
- 17th November 2010State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 18th November 2010Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 19th November 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.
- 20th November 2010Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
- 21st November 2010Name the power station whose closure in 2024 ended coal-fired electricity generation in Great Britain.
- 22nd November 2010Define 'water security'.
- 23rd November 2010State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
- 24th November 2010How does an arete form?
- 25th November 2010State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
- 26th November 2010Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
- 27th November 2010Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
- 28th November 2010Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?
- 29th November 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.
- 30th November 2010What does GNI stand for?