Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
September 2011 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every GCSE Geography sheet published in September 2011, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.
Every sheet in September 2011
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 2011Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 2nd September 2011Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 3rd September 2011What is a water transfer scheme?
- 4th September 2011State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 5th September 2011Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 6th September 2011What is a glacial trough?
- 7th September 2011In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 8th September 2011Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 9th September 2011Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 10th September 2011A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 11th September 2011On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 12th September 2011Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 13th September 2011Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 14th September 2011Suggest 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.
- 15th September 2011A 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.
- 16th September 2011Define 'food miles'.
- 17th September 2011Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 18th September 2011A 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.
- 19th September 2011What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 20th September 2011Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 21st September 2011Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 22nd September 2011State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 23rd September 2011A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 24th September 2011State whether a population pyramid with a narrow base and a wider top is more likely to show a youthful population or an ageing population.
- 25th September 2011State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 26th September 2011Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 27th September 2011Give one way that urban farming projects like sack gardens can improve a household's diet, other than increasing the total amount of food available.
- 28th September 2011Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
- 29th September 2011Name the power station whose closure in 2024 ended coal-fired electricity generation in Great Britain.
- 30th September 2011Define 'water security'.