Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
September 2014 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every GCSE Geography sheet published in September 2014, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.
Every sheet in September 2014
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 2014Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 2nd September 2014What is a glacial trough?
- 3rd September 2014In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 4th September 2014Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 5th September 2014Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 6th September 2014A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 7th September 2014On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 8th September 2014Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 9th September 2014Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 10th September 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.
- 11th September 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.
- 12th September 2014Give one difference between agribusiness and organic farming.
- 13th September 2014Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 14th September 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.
- 15th September 2014What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 16th September 2014Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 17th September 2014Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 18th September 2014State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 19th September 2014A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 20th September 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.
- 21st September 2014State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 22nd September 2014Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 23rd September 2014Give one way that urban farming projects like sack gardens can improve a household's diet, other than increasing the total amount of food available.
- 24th September 2014Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
- 25th September 2014A 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.
- 26th September 2014Define 'water security'.
- 27th September 2014State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
- 28th September 2014How does an arete form?
- 29th September 2014State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
- 30th September 2014Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?