Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
December 2015 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every GCSE Geography sheet published in December 2015, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.
Every sheet in December 2015
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st December 2015Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
- 2nd December 2015Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
- 3rd December 2015What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
- 4th December 2015What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
- 5th December 2015Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
- 6th December 2015Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
- 7th December 2015Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 8th December 2015In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 9th December 2015Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 10th December 2015Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 11th December 2015What is a water transfer scheme?
- 12th December 2015State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 13th December 2015Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 14th December 2015What is a glacial trough?
- 15th December 2015In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 16th December 2015Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 17th December 2015Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 18th December 2015A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 19th December 2015On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 20th December 2015Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 21st December 2015Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 22nd December 2015Suggest 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.
- 23rd December 2015A 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.
- 24th December 2015Define 'food miles'.
- 25th December 2015Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 26th December 2015A 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.
- 27th December 2015What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 28th December 2015Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 29th December 2015Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 30th December 2015State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 31st December 2015A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.