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September 2016 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day

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

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September 2016

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in September 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 September 2016Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  2. 2nd September 2016Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
  3. 3rd September 2016Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?
  4. 4th September 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.
  5. 5th September 2016What does GNI stand for?
  6. 6th September 2016A farmer switches from flooding a field to drip irrigation. Give one reason this reduces the amount of water needed.
  7. 7th September 2016Name one urban farming technique, other than a sack garden, that could be used to grow food in a small space in a city.
  8. 8th September 2016State one transport strategy, other than cycling, that can reduce car use in a city centre.
  9. 9th September 2016Give one difference between agribusiness and organic farming.
  10. 10th September 2016Give one physical factor that can cause a region to have low water availability.
  11. 11th September 2016Give one type of previous land use on the site where Whitelee Windfarm was built.
  12. 12th September 2016Name the process by which rock fragments carried within ice scrape and grind against the bedrock.
  13. 13th September 2016Suggest one reason why revised building codes introduced after the earthquake might take a long time to reduce risk across the whole country.
  14. 14th September 2016Is planting a forest to absorb carbon dioxide an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  15. 15th September 2016Why might selective logging with replanting be more sustainable than clear-felling?
  16. 16th September 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.
  17. 17th September 2016Two countries plot at exactly the same point on a triangular graph of employment structure. State what this tells you about their economies.
  18. 18th September 2016Name the three components combined in the Human Development Index (HDI).
  19. 19th September 2016A community wants a water technology that villagers can repair themselves using local tools and materials. Which term describes this kind of technology?
  20. 20th September 2016What is the term for growing food within a city or town, rather than in the surrounding countryside?
  21. 21st September 2016Name one European district that is used as an example of sustainable urban design.
  22. 22nd September 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.
  23. 23rd September 2016State one way industrial growth increases a country's water demand.
  24. 24th September 2016What term describes the maximum electrical power a windfarm could generate if every turbine ran at full output at the same time?
  25. 25th September 2016Name the process by which meltwater refreezes around rock and moving ice pulls the loosened blocks away.
  26. 26th September 2016Give one reason why the avalanche triggered on Everest by the 2015 earthquake was particularly significant.
  27. 27th September 2016Name one greenhouse gas released by burning fossil fuels.
  28. 28th September 2016Give one limitation of relying only on international agreements to stop illegal logging.
  29. 29th September 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.
  30. 30th September 2016On a radial graph comparing five services, a spoke with a small enclosed area close to the centre indicates what about that service?