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October 2013 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day

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

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October 2013

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in October 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 October 2013Name one greenhouse gas released by burning fossil fuels.
  2. 2nd October 2013Give one limitation of relying only on international agreements to stop illegal logging.
  3. 3rd October 2013State one reason why a pie chart, rather than a bar chart, is the better choice for showing how a household's monthly budget is divided between four spending categories.
  4. 4th October 2013On a radial graph comparing five services, a spoke with a small enclosed area close to the centre indicates what about that service?
  5. 5th October 2013What name is given to aid provided immediately after a disaster to meet urgent needs such as food and shelter?
  6. 6th October 2013A storage tank collects water from a roof with an area of 40 square metres. In a storm, 10mm of rain falls and the system captures 90 percent of it. Calculate the volume collected, in litres.
  7. 7th October 2013State one crop type that grows well in a sack garden because it grows quickly and does not need deep roots.
  8. 8th October 2013Explain one way that green roofs can reduce a building's energy use.
  9. 9th October 2013Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
  10. 10th October 2013Give one reason a shared, transboundary river can create uncertainty over water supply for a downstream country.
  11. 11th October 2013Explain why battery storage or backup power stations are needed alongside a windfarm like Whitelee.
  12. 12th October 2013Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
  13. 13th October 2013Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
  14. 14th October 2013What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
  15. 15th October 2013What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
  16. 16th October 2013Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
  17. 17th October 2013Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
  18. 18th October 2013Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
  19. 19th October 2013In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
  20. 20th October 2013Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
  21. 21st October 2013Define 'urban sustainability'.
  22. 22nd October 2013What is meant by 'resource security'?
  23. 23rd October 2013State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
  24. 24th October 2013Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
  25. 25th October 2013What is a glacial trough?
  26. 26th October 2013In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
  27. 27th October 2013Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
  28. 28th October 2013Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
  29. 29th October 2013A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
  30. 30th October 2013On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
  31. 31st October 2013Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.