Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
September 2017 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every GCSE Geography sheet published in September 2017, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.
Every sheet in September 2017
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st September 2017Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 2nd September 2017A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 3rd September 2017On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 4th September 2017Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 5th September 2017Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 6th September 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.
- 7th September 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.
- 8th September 2017Define 'food miles'.
- 9th September 2017Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 10th September 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.
- 11th September 2017What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 12th September 2017Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 13th September 2017Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 14th September 2017State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 15th September 2017A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 16th September 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.
- 17th September 2017State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 18th September 2017Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 19th September 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.
- 20th September 2017Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
- 21st September 2017Name the power station whose closure in 2024 ended coal-fired electricity generation in Great Britain.
- 22nd September 2017Define 'water security'.
- 23rd September 2017State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
- 24th September 2017How does an arete form?
- 25th September 2017State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
- 26th September 2017Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
- 27th September 2017Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
- 28th September 2017Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?
- 29th September 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.
- 30th September 2017What does GNI stand for?