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February 2016 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every GCSE Geography sheet published in February 2016, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.
Every sheet in February 2016
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st February 2016What is meant by 'resource security'?
- 2nd February 2016State one way industrial growth increases a country's water demand.
- 3rd February 2016What term describes the maximum electrical power a windfarm could generate if every turbine ran at full output at the same time?
- 4th February 2016Name the process by which meltwater refreezes around rock and moving ice pulls the loosened blocks away.
- 5th February 2016Give one reason why the avalanche triggered on Everest by the 2015 earthquake was particularly significant.
- 6th February 2016Name one greenhouse gas released by burning fossil fuels.
- 7th February 2016Give one limitation of relying only on international agreements to stop illegal logging.
- 8th February 2016State one reason why a pie chart, rather than a bar chart, is the better choice for showing how a household's monthly budget is divided between four spending categories.
- 9th February 2016On a radial graph comparing five services, a spoke with a small enclosed area close to the centre indicates what about that service?
- 10th February 2016What name is given to aid provided immediately after a disaster to meet urgent needs such as food and shelter?
- 11th February 2016A storage tank collects water from a roof with an area of 40 square metres. In a storm, 10mm of rain falls and the system captures 90 percent of it. Calculate the volume collected, in litres.
- 12th February 2016State one crop type that grows well in a sack garden because it grows quickly and does not need deep roots.
- 13th February 2016Explain one way that green roofs can reduce a building's energy use.
- 14th February 2016Give one difference between agribusiness and organic farming.
- 15th February 2016Give one reason a shared, transboundary river can create uncertainty over water supply for a downstream country.
- 16th February 2016Explain why battery storage or backup power stations are needed alongside a windfarm like Whitelee.
- 17th February 2016Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
- 18th February 2016Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
- 19th February 2016What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
- 20th February 2016What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
- 21st February 2016Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
- 22nd February 2016Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
- 23rd February 2016Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 24th February 2016In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 25th February 2016Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 26th February 2016Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 27th February 2016A 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.
- 28th February 2016State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 29th February 2016Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.