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September 2013 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day

Every GCSE Geography sheet published in September 2013, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.

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September 2013

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in September 2013

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

  1. 1st September 2013Define 'water security'.
  2. 2nd September 2013State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
  3. 3rd September 2013How does an arete form?
  4. 4th September 2013State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
  5. 5th September 2013Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  6. 6th September 2013Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
  7. 7th September 2013Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?
  8. 8th September 2013In 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.
  9. 9th September 2013What does GNI stand for?
  10. 10th September 2013A farmer switches from flooding a field to drip irrigation. Give one reason this reduces the amount of water needed.
  11. 11th September 2013Name one urban farming technique, other than a sack garden, that could be used to grow food in a small space in a city.
  12. 12th September 2013State one transport strategy, other than cycling, that can reduce car use in a city centre.
  13. 13th September 2013Define 'food miles'.
  14. 14th September 2013Give one physical factor that can cause a region to have low water availability.
  15. 15th September 2013Give one type of previous land use on the site where Whitelee Windfarm was built.
  16. 16th September 2013Name the process by which rock fragments carried within ice scrape and grind against the bedrock.
  17. 17th September 2013Suggest one reason why revised building codes introduced after the earthquake might take a long time to reduce risk across the whole country.
  18. 18th September 2013Is planting a forest to absorb carbon dioxide an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  19. 19th September 2013Why might selective logging with replanting be more sustainable than clear-felling?
  20. 20th September 2013Give 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.
  21. 21st September 2013Two countries plot at exactly the same point on a triangular graph of employment structure. State what this tells you about their economies.
  22. 22nd September 2013Name the three components combined in the Human Development Index (HDI).
  23. 23rd September 2013A community wants a water technology that villagers can repair themselves using local tools and materials. Which term describes this kind of technology?
  24. 24th September 2013What is the term for growing food within a city or town, rather than in the surrounding countryside?
  25. 25th September 2013Name one European district that is used as an example of sustainable urban design.
  26. 26th September 2013Name the power station whose closure in 2024 ended coal-fired electricity generation in Great Britain.
  27. 27th September 2013State one way industrial growth increases a country's water demand.
  28. 28th September 2013What term describes the maximum electrical power a windfarm could generate if every turbine ran at full output at the same time?
  29. 29th September 2013Name the process by which meltwater refreezes around rock and moving ice pulls the loosened blocks away.
  30. 30th September 2013Give one reason why the avalanche triggered on Everest by the 2015 earthquake was particularly significant.