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December 2017 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day

Every GCSE Geography sheet published in December 2017, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.

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December 2017

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in December 2017

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st December 2017State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
  2. 2nd December 2017A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
  3. 3rd December 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.
  4. 4th December 2017State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
  5. 5th December 2017Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
  6. 6th December 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.
  7. 7th December 2017Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
  8. 8th December 2017What is a water transfer scheme?
  9. 9th December 2017Define 'water security'.
  10. 10th December 2017State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
  11. 11th December 2017How does an arete form?
  12. 12th December 2017State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
  13. 13th December 2017Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  14. 14th December 2017Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
  15. 15th December 2017Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?
  16. 16th December 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.
  17. 17th December 2017What does GNI stand for?
  18. 18th December 2017A farmer switches from flooding a field to drip irrigation. Give one reason this reduces the amount of water needed.
  19. 19th December 2017Name one urban farming technique, other than a sack garden, that could be used to grow food in a small space in a city.
  20. 20th December 2017State one transport strategy, other than cycling, that can reduce car use in a city centre.
  21. 21st December 2017Define 'food miles'.
  22. 22nd December 2017Give one physical factor that can cause a region to have low water availability.
  23. 23rd December 2017Give one type of previous land use on the site where Whitelee Windfarm was built.
  24. 24th December 2017Name the process by which rock fragments carried within ice scrape and grind against the bedrock.
  25. 25th December 2017Suggest one reason why revised building codes introduced after the earthquake might take a long time to reduce risk across the whole country.
  26. 26th December 2017Is planting a forest to absorb carbon dioxide an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  27. 27th December 2017Why might selective logging with replanting be more sustainable than clear-felling?
  28. 28th December 2017Give 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.
  29. 29th December 2017Two countries plot at exactly the same point on a triangular graph of employment structure. State what this tells you about their economies.
  30. 30th December 2017Name the three components combined in the Human Development Index (HDI).
  31. 31st December 2017A community wants a water technology that villagers can repair themselves using local tools and materials. Which term describes this kind of technology?