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October 2011 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day

Every GCSE Geography sheet published in October 2011, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.

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October 2011

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in October 2011

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

  1. 1st October 2011State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
  2. 2nd October 2011How does an arete form?
  3. 3rd October 2011State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
  4. 4th October 2011Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  5. 5th October 2011Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
  6. 6th October 2011Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?
  7. 7th October 2011In 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.
  8. 8th October 2011What does GNI stand for?
  9. 9th October 2011A farmer switches from flooding a field to drip irrigation. Give one reason this reduces the amount of water needed.
  10. 10th October 2011Name one urban farming technique, other than a sack garden, that could be used to grow food in a small space in a city.
  11. 11th October 2011State one transport strategy, other than cycling, that can reduce car use in a city centre.
  12. 12th October 2011Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
  13. 13th October 2011Give one physical factor that can cause a region to have low water availability.
  14. 14th October 2011Give one type of previous land use on the site where Whitelee Windfarm was built.
  15. 15th October 2011Name the process by which rock fragments carried within ice scrape and grind against the bedrock.
  16. 16th October 2011Suggest one reason why revised building codes introduced after the earthquake might take a long time to reduce risk across the whole country.
  17. 17th October 2011Is planting a forest to absorb carbon dioxide an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  18. 18th October 2011Why might selective logging with replanting be more sustainable than clear-felling?
  19. 19th October 2011Give 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.
  20. 20th October 2011Two countries plot at exactly the same point on a triangular graph of employment structure. State what this tells you about their economies.
  21. 21st October 2011Name the three components combined in the Human Development Index (HDI).
  22. 22nd October 2011A community wants a water technology that villagers can repair themselves using local tools and materials. Which term describes this kind of technology?
  23. 23rd October 2011What is the term for growing food within a city or town, rather than in the surrounding countryside?
  24. 24th October 2011Name one European district that is used as an example of sustainable urban design.
  25. 25th October 2011What is meant by 'resource security'?
  26. 26th October 2011State one way industrial growth increases a country's water demand.
  27. 27th October 2011What term describes the maximum electrical power a windfarm could generate if every turbine ran at full output at the same time?
  28. 28th October 2011Name the process by which meltwater refreezes around rock and moving ice pulls the loosened blocks away.
  29. 29th October 2011Give one reason why the avalanche triggered on Everest by the 2015 earthquake was particularly significant.
  30. 30th October 2011Name one greenhouse gas released by burning fossil fuels.
  31. 31st October 2011Give one limitation of relying only on international agreements to stop illegal logging.