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January 2012 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every GCSE Geography sheet published in January 2012, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.
Every sheet in January 2012
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 2012Name the process by which rock fragments carried within ice scrape and grind against the bedrock.
- 2nd January 2012Suggest one reason why revised building codes introduced after the earthquake might take a long time to reduce risk across the whole country.
- 3rd January 2012Is planting a forest to absorb carbon dioxide an example of mitigation or adaptation?
- 4th January 2012Why might selective logging with replanting be more sustainable than clear-felling?
- 5th January 2012Give 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.
- 6th January 2012Two countries plot at exactly the same point on a triangular graph of employment structure. State what this tells you about their economies.
- 7th January 2012Name the three components combined in the Human Development Index (HDI).
- 8th January 2012A community wants a water technology that villagers can repair themselves using local tools and materials. Which term describes this kind of technology?
- 9th January 2012What is the term for growing food within a city or town, rather than in the surrounding countryside?
- 10th January 2012Name one European district that is used as an example of sustainable urban design.
- 11th January 2012Name the power station whose closure in 2024 ended coal-fired electricity generation in Great Britain.
- 12th January 2012State one way industrial growth increases a country's water demand.
- 13th January 2012What term describes the maximum electrical power a windfarm could generate if every turbine ran at full output at the same time?
- 14th January 2012Name the process by which meltwater refreezes around rock and moving ice pulls the loosened blocks away.
- 15th January 2012Give one reason why the avalanche triggered on Everest by the 2015 earthquake was particularly significant.
- 16th January 2012Name one greenhouse gas released by burning fossil fuels.
- 17th January 2012Give one limitation of relying only on international agreements to stop illegal logging.
- 18th January 2012State one reason why a pie chart, rather than a bar chart, is the better choice for showing how a household's monthly budget is divided between four spending categories.
- 19th January 2012On a radial graph comparing five services, a spoke with a small enclosed area close to the centre indicates what about that service?
- 20th January 2012What name is given to aid provided immediately after a disaster to meet urgent needs such as food and shelter?
- 21st January 2012A storage tank collects water from a roof with an area of 40 square metres. In a storm, 10mm of rain falls and the system captures 90 percent of it. Calculate the volume collected, in litres.
- 22nd January 2012State one crop type that grows well in a sack garden because it grows quickly and does not need deep roots.
- 23rd January 2012Explain one way that green roofs can reduce a building's energy use.
- 24th January 2012Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
- 25th January 2012Give one reason a shared, transboundary river can create uncertainty over water supply for a downstream country.
- 26th January 2012Explain why battery storage or backup power stations are needed alongside a windfarm like Whitelee.
- 27th January 2012Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
- 28th January 2012Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
- 29th January 2012What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
- 30th January 2012What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
- 31st January 2012Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?