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September 2019 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day

Every GCSE Geography sheet published in September 2019, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.

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September 2019

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in September 2019

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 2019In 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.
  2. 2nd September 2019What does GNI stand for?
  3. 3rd September 2019A farmer switches from flooding a field to drip irrigation. Give one reason this reduces the amount of water needed.
  4. 4th September 2019Name one urban farming technique, other than a sack garden, that could be used to grow food in a small space in a city.
  5. 5th September 2019State one transport strategy, other than cycling, that can reduce car use in a city centre.
  6. 6th September 2019Define 'food miles'.
  7. 7th September 2019Give one physical factor that can cause a region to have low water availability.
  8. 8th September 2019Give one type of previous land use on the site where Whitelee Windfarm was built.
  9. 9th September 2019Name the process by which rock fragments carried within ice scrape and grind against the bedrock.
  10. 10th September 2019Suggest one reason why revised building codes introduced after the earthquake might take a long time to reduce risk across the whole country.
  11. 11th September 2019Is planting a forest to absorb carbon dioxide an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  12. 12th September 2019Why might selective logging with replanting be more sustainable than clear-felling?
  13. 13th September 2019Give 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.
  14. 14th September 2019Two countries plot at exactly the same point on a triangular graph of employment structure. State what this tells you about their economies.
  15. 15th September 2019Name the three components combined in the Human Development Index (HDI).
  16. 16th September 2019A community wants a water technology that villagers can repair themselves using local tools and materials. Which term describes this kind of technology?
  17. 17th September 2019What is the term for growing food within a city or town, rather than in the surrounding countryside?
  18. 18th September 2019Name one European district that is used as an example of sustainable urban design.
  19. 19th September 2019Name the power station whose closure in 2024 ended coal-fired electricity generation in Great Britain.
  20. 20th September 2019State one way industrial growth increases a country's water demand.
  21. 21st September 2019What term describes the maximum electrical power a windfarm could generate if every turbine ran at full output at the same time?
  22. 22nd September 2019Name the process by which meltwater refreezes around rock and moving ice pulls the loosened blocks away.
  23. 23rd September 2019Give one reason why the avalanche triggered on Everest by the 2015 earthquake was particularly significant.
  24. 24th September 2019Name one greenhouse gas released by burning fossil fuels.
  25. 25th September 2019Give one limitation of relying only on international agreements to stop illegal logging.
  26. 26th September 2019State 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.
  27. 27th September 2019On a radial graph comparing five services, a spoke with a small enclosed area close to the centre indicates what about that service?
  28. 28th September 2019What name is given to aid provided immediately after a disaster to meet urgent needs such as food and shelter?
  29. 29th September 2019A storage tank collects water from a roof with an area of 40 square metres. In a storm, 10mm of rain falls and the system captures 90 percent of it. Calculate the volume collected, in litres.
  30. 30th September 2019State one crop type that grows well in a sack garden because it grows quickly and does not need deep roots.