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January 2016 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day

Every GCSE Geography sheet published in January 2016, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.

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January 2016

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in January 2016

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st January 2016State whether a population pyramid with a narrow base and a wider top is more likely to show a youthful population or an ageing population.
  2. 2nd January 2016State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
  3. 3rd January 2016Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
  4. 4th January 2016Give one way that urban farming projects like sack gardens can improve a household's diet, other than increasing the total amount of food available.
  5. 5th January 2016Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
  6. 6th January 2016Name the power station whose closure in 2024 ended coal-fired electricity generation in Great Britain.
  7. 7th January 2016Define 'water security'.
  8. 8th January 2016State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
  9. 9th January 2016How does an arete form?
  10. 10th January 2016State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
  11. 11th January 2016Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  12. 12th January 2016Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
  13. 13th January 2016Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?
  14. 14th January 2016In 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.
  15. 15th January 2016What does GNI stand for?
  16. 16th January 2016A farmer switches from flooding a field to drip irrigation. Give one reason this reduces the amount of water needed.
  17. 17th January 2016Name one urban farming technique, other than a sack garden, that could be used to grow food in a small space in a city.
  18. 18th January 2016State one transport strategy, other than cycling, that can reduce car use in a city centre.
  19. 19th January 2016Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
  20. 20th January 2016Give one physical factor that can cause a region to have low water availability.
  21. 21st January 2016Give one type of previous land use on the site where Whitelee Windfarm was built.
  22. 22nd January 2016Name the process by which rock fragments carried within ice scrape and grind against the bedrock.
  23. 23rd January 2016Suggest one reason why revised building codes introduced after the earthquake might take a long time to reduce risk across the whole country.
  24. 24th January 2016Is planting a forest to absorb carbon dioxide an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  25. 25th January 2016Why might selective logging with replanting be more sustainable than clear-felling?
  26. 26th January 2016Give 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.
  27. 27th January 2016Two countries plot at exactly the same point on a triangular graph of employment structure. State what this tells you about their economies.
  28. 28th January 2016Name the three components combined in the Human Development Index (HDI).
  29. 29th January 2016A community wants a water technology that villagers can repair themselves using local tools and materials. Which term describes this kind of technology?
  30. 30th January 2016What is the term for growing food within a city or town, rather than in the surrounding countryside?
  31. 31st January 2016Name one European district that is used as an example of sustainable urban design.