Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
December 2014 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every GCSE Geography sheet published in December 2014, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.
Every sheet in December 2014
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 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.
- 2nd December 2014What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 3rd December 2014Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 4th December 2014Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 5th December 2014State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 6th December 2014A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 7th December 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.
- 8th December 2014State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 9th December 2014Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 10th December 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.
- 11th December 2014Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
- 12th December 2014What is meant by 'resource security'?
- 13th December 2014Define 'water security'.
- 14th December 2014State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
- 15th December 2014How does an arete form?
- 16th December 2014State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
- 17th December 2014Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
- 18th December 2014Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
- 19th December 2014Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?
- 20th December 2014In 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.
- 21st December 2014What does GNI stand for?
- 22nd December 2014A farmer switches from flooding a field to drip irrigation. Give one reason this reduces the amount of water needed.
- 23rd December 2014Name one urban farming technique, other than a sack garden, that could be used to grow food in a small space in a city.
- 24th December 2014State one transport strategy, other than cycling, that can reduce car use in a city centre.
- 25th December 2014Give one difference between agribusiness and organic farming.
- 26th December 2014Give one physical factor that can cause a region to have low water availability.
- 27th December 2014Give one type of previous land use on the site where Whitelee Windfarm was built.
- 28th December 2014Name the process by which rock fragments carried within ice scrape and grind against the bedrock.
- 29th December 2014Suggest one reason why revised building codes introduced after the earthquake might take a long time to reduce risk across the whole country.
- 30th December 2014Is planting a forest to absorb carbon dioxide an example of mitigation or adaptation?
- 31st December 2014Why might selective logging with replanting be more sustainable than clear-felling?