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August 2013 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every GCSE Geography sheet published in August 2013, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.
Every sheet in August 2013
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 2013Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 2nd August 2013In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 3rd August 2013Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 4th August 2013Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 5th August 2013A supermarket can import strawberries flown a distance of 8,400 km, or buy strawberries grown 240 km away in the UK. Calculate how many times further the imported strawberries travel than the UK-grown ones.
- 6th August 2013State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 7th August 2013Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 8th August 2013What is a glacial trough?
- 9th August 2013In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 10th August 2013Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 11th August 2013Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 12th August 2013A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 13th August 2013On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 14th August 2013Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 15th August 2013Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 16th August 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.
- 17th August 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.
- 18th August 2013State whether the north and west of the UK, or the south and east, has the larger water surplus, and give one reason why.
- 19th August 2013Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 20th August 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.
- 21st August 2013What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 22nd August 2013Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 23rd August 2013Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 24th August 2013State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 25th August 2013A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 26th August 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.
- 27th August 2013State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 28th August 2013Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 29th August 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.
- 30th August 2013Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
- 31st August 2013What is a water transfer scheme?