Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
April 2017 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every GCSE Geography sheet published in April 2017, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.
Every sheet in April 2017
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st April 2017Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 2nd April 2017Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 3rd April 2017Suggest 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.
- 4th April 2017A 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.
- 5th April 2017Give one difference between agribusiness and organic farming.
- 6th April 2017Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 7th April 2017A 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.
- 8th April 2017What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 9th April 2017Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 10th April 2017Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 11th April 2017State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 12th April 2017A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 13th April 2017State whether a population pyramid with a narrow base and a wider top is more likely to show a youthful population or an ageing population.
- 14th April 2017State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 15th April 2017Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 16th April 2017Give one way that urban farming projects like sack gardens can improve a household's diet, other than increasing the total amount of food available.
- 17th April 2017Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
- 18th April 2017A 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.
- 19th April 2017Define 'water security'.
- 20th April 2017State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
- 21st April 2017How does an arete form?
- 22nd April 2017State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
- 23rd April 2017Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
- 24th April 2017Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
- 25th April 2017Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?
- 26th April 2017In 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.
- 27th April 2017What does GNI stand for?
- 28th April 2017A farmer switches from flooding a field to drip irrigation. Give one reason this reduces the amount of water needed.
- 29th April 2017Name one urban farming technique, other than a sack garden, that could be used to grow food in a small space in a city.
- 30th April 2017State one transport strategy, other than cycling, that can reduce car use in a city centre.