Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
November 2016 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every GCSE Geography sheet published in November 2016, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.
Every sheet in November 2016
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st November 2016Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 2nd November 2016A 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.
- 3rd November 2016What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 4th November 2016Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 5th November 2016Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 6th November 2016State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 7th November 2016A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 8th November 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.
- 9th November 2016State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 10th November 2016Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 11th November 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.
- 12th November 2016Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
- 13th November 2016Name the power station whose closure in 2024 ended coal-fired electricity generation in Great Britain.
- 14th November 2016Define 'water security'.
- 15th November 2016State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
- 16th November 2016How does an arete form?
- 17th November 2016State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
- 18th November 2016Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
- 19th November 2016Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
- 20th November 2016Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?
- 21st November 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.
- 22nd November 2016What does GNI stand for?
- 23rd November 2016A farmer switches from flooding a field to drip irrigation. Give one reason this reduces the amount of water needed.
- 24th November 2016Name one urban farming technique, other than a sack garden, that could be used to grow food in a small space in a city.
- 25th November 2016State one transport strategy, other than cycling, that can reduce car use in a city centre.
- 26th November 2016Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
- 27th November 2016Give one physical factor that can cause a region to have low water availability.
- 28th November 2016Give one type of previous land use on the site where Whitelee Windfarm was built.
- 29th November 2016Name the process by which rock fragments carried within ice scrape and grind against the bedrock.
- 30th November 2016Suggest one reason why revised building codes introduced after the earthquake might take a long time to reduce risk across the whole country.