Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
December 2013 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every GCSE Geography sheet published in December 2013, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.
Every sheet in December 2013
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 2013Give one physical factor that can cause a region to have low water availability.
- 2nd December 2013Give one type of previous land use on the site where Whitelee Windfarm was built.
- 3rd December 2013Name the process by which rock fragments carried within ice scrape and grind against the bedrock.
- 4th December 2013Suggest one reason why revised building codes introduced after the earthquake might take a long time to reduce risk across the whole country.
- 5th December 2013Is planting a forest to absorb carbon dioxide an example of mitigation or adaptation?
- 6th December 2013Why might selective logging with replanting be more sustainable than clear-felling?
- 7th December 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.
- 8th December 2013Two countries plot at exactly the same point on a triangular graph of employment structure. State what this tells you about their economies.
- 9th December 2013Name the three components combined in the Human Development Index (HDI).
- 10th December 2013A community wants a water technology that villagers can repair themselves using local tools and materials. Which term describes this kind of technology?
- 11th December 2013What is the term for growing food within a city or town, rather than in the surrounding countryside?
- 12th December 2013Name one European district that is used as an example of sustainable urban design.
- 13th December 2013What is a water transfer scheme?
- 14th December 2013State one way industrial growth increases a country's water demand.
- 15th December 2013What term describes the maximum electrical power a windfarm could generate if every turbine ran at full output at the same time?
- 16th December 2013Name the process by which meltwater refreezes around rock and moving ice pulls the loosened blocks away.
- 17th December 2013Give one reason why the avalanche triggered on Everest by the 2015 earthquake was particularly significant.
- 18th December 2013Name one greenhouse gas released by burning fossil fuels.
- 19th December 2013Give one limitation of relying only on international agreements to stop illegal logging.
- 20th December 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.
- 21st December 2013On a radial graph comparing five services, a spoke with a small enclosed area close to the centre indicates what about that service?
- 22nd December 2013What name is given to aid provided immediately after a disaster to meet urgent needs such as food and shelter?
- 23rd December 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.
- 24th December 2013State one crop type that grows well in a sack garden because it grows quickly and does not need deep roots.
- 25th December 2013Explain one way that green roofs can reduce a building's energy use.
- 26th December 2013Define 'food miles'.
- 27th December 2013Give one reason a shared, transboundary river can create uncertainty over water supply for a downstream country.
- 28th December 2013Explain why battery storage or backup power stations are needed alongside a windfarm like Whitelee.
- 29th December 2013Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
- 30th December 2013Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
- 31st December 2013What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?