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August 2012 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day

Every GCSE Geography sheet published in August 2012, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.

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August 2012

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in August 2012

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

  1. 1st August 2012State whether a population pyramid with a narrow base and a wider top is more likely to show a youthful population or an ageing population.
  2. 2nd August 2012State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
  3. 3rd August 2012Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
  4. 4th August 2012Give one way that urban farming projects like sack gardens can improve a household's diet, other than increasing the total amount of food available.
  5. 5th August 2012Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
  6. 6th August 2012Name the power station whose closure in 2024 ended coal-fired electricity generation in Great Britain.
  7. 7th August 2012Define 'water security'.
  8. 8th August 2012State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
  9. 9th August 2012How does an arete form?
  10. 10th August 2012State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
  11. 11th August 2012Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  12. 12th August 2012Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
  13. 13th August 2012Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?
  14. 14th August 2012In 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.
  15. 15th August 2012What does GNI stand for?
  16. 16th August 2012A farmer switches from flooding a field to drip irrigation. Give one reason this reduces the amount of water needed.
  17. 17th August 2012Name one urban farming technique, other than a sack garden, that could be used to grow food in a small space in a city.
  18. 18th August 2012State one transport strategy, other than cycling, that can reduce car use in a city centre.
  19. 19th August 2012Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
  20. 20th August 2012Give one physical factor that can cause a region to have low water availability.
  21. 21st August 2012Give one type of previous land use on the site where Whitelee Windfarm was built.
  22. 22nd August 2012Name the process by which rock fragments carried within ice scrape and grind against the bedrock.
  23. 23rd August 2012Suggest one reason why revised building codes introduced after the earthquake might take a long time to reduce risk across the whole country.
  24. 24th August 2012Is planting a forest to absorb carbon dioxide an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  25. 25th August 2012Why might selective logging with replanting be more sustainable than clear-felling?
  26. 26th August 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.
  27. 27th August 2012Two countries plot at exactly the same point on a triangular graph of employment structure. State what this tells you about their economies.
  28. 28th August 2012Name the three components combined in the Human Development Index (HDI).
  29. 29th August 2012A community wants a water technology that villagers can repair themselves using local tools and materials. Which term describes this kind of technology?
  30. 30th August 2012What is the term for growing food within a city or town, rather than in the surrounding countryside?
  31. 31st August 2012Name one European district that is used as an example of sustainable urban design.