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December 2012 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every GCSE Geography sheet published in December 2012, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.
Every sheet in December 2012
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 2012Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
- 2nd December 2012Give one reason a shared, transboundary river can create uncertainty over water supply for a downstream country.
- 3rd December 2012Explain why battery storage or backup power stations are needed alongside a windfarm like Whitelee.
- 4th December 2012Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
- 5th December 2012Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
- 6th December 2012What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
- 7th December 2012What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
- 8th December 2012Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
- 9th December 2012Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
- 10th December 2012Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 11th December 2012In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 12th December 2012Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 13th December 2012Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 14th December 2012What is meant by 'resource security'?
- 15th December 2012State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 16th December 2012Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 17th December 2012What is a glacial trough?
- 18th December 2012In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 19th December 2012Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 20th December 2012Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 21st December 2012A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 22nd December 2012On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 23rd December 2012Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 24th December 2012Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 25th December 2012Suggest 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.
- 26th December 2012A 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.
- 27th December 2012Give one difference between agribusiness and organic farming.
- 28th December 2012Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 29th December 2012A 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.
- 30th December 2012What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 31st December 2012Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.