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March 2013 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every GCSE Geography sheet published in March 2013, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.
Every sheet in March 2013
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st March 2013Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 2nd March 2013Name the power station whose closure in 2024 ended coal-fired electricity generation in Great Britain.
- 3rd March 2013State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 4th March 2013Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 5th March 2013What is a glacial trough?
- 6th March 2013In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 7th March 2013Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 8th March 2013Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 9th March 2013A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 10th March 2013On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 11th March 2013Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 12th March 2013Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 13th March 2013Suggest 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.
- 14th March 2013A 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.
- 15th March 2013Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
- 16th March 2013Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 17th March 2013A 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.
- 18th March 2013What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 19th March 2013Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 20th March 2013Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 21st March 2013State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 22nd March 2013A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 23rd March 2013State whether a population pyramid with a narrow base and a wider top is more likely to show a youthful population or an ageing population.
- 24th March 2013State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 25th March 2013Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 26th March 2013Give one way that urban farming projects like sack gardens can improve a household's diet, other than increasing the total amount of food available.
- 27th March 2013Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
- 28th March 2013What is meant by 'resource security'?
- 29th March 2013Define 'water security'.
- 30th March 2013State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
- 31st March 2013How does an arete form?