Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
January 2014 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every GCSE Geography sheet published in January 2014, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.
Every sheet in January 2014
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 2014What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
- 2nd January 2014Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
- 3rd January 2014Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
- 4th January 2014Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 5th January 2014In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 6th January 2014Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 7th January 2014Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 8th January 2014Name the power station whose closure in 2024 ended coal-fired electricity generation in Great Britain.
- 9th January 2014State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 10th January 2014Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 11th January 2014What is a glacial trough?
- 12th January 2014In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 13th January 2014Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 14th January 2014Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 15th January 2014A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 16th January 2014On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 17th January 2014Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 18th January 2014Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 19th January 2014Suggest 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.
- 20th January 2014A 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.
- 21st January 2014Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
- 22nd January 2014Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 23rd January 2014A 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.
- 24th January 2014What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 25th January 2014Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 26th January 2014Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 27th January 2014State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 28th January 2014A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 29th January 2014State whether a population pyramid with a narrow base and a wider top is more likely to show a youthful population or an ageing population.
- 30th January 2014State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 31st January 2014Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.