Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
November 2013 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every GCSE Geography sheet published in November 2013, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.
Every sheet in November 2013
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st November 2013Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 2nd November 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.
- 3rd November 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.
- 4th November 2013Give one difference between agribusiness and organic farming.
- 5th November 2013Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 6th November 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.
- 7th November 2013What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 8th November 2013Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 9th November 2013Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 10th November 2013State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 11th November 2013A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 12th November 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.
- 13th November 2013State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 14th November 2013Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 15th November 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.
- 16th November 2013Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
- 17th November 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.
- 18th November 2013Define 'water security'.
- 19th November 2013State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
- 20th November 2013How does an arete form?
- 21st November 2013State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
- 22nd November 2013Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
- 23rd November 2013Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
- 24th November 2013Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?
- 25th November 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.
- 26th November 2013What does GNI stand for?
- 27th November 2013A farmer switches from flooding a field to drip irrigation. Give one reason this reduces the amount of water needed.
- 28th November 2013Name one urban farming technique, other than a sack garden, that could be used to grow food in a small space in a city.
- 29th November 2013State one transport strategy, other than cycling, that can reduce car use in a city centre.
- 30th November 2013State whether the north and west of the UK, or the south and east, has the larger water surplus, and give one reason why.