Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
October 2019 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every GCSE Geography sheet published in October 2019, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.
Every sheet in October 2019
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st October 2019Explain one way that green roofs can reduce a building's energy use.
- 2nd October 2019Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
- 3rd October 2019Give one reason a shared, transboundary river can create uncertainty over water supply for a downstream country.
- 4th October 2019Explain why battery storage or backup power stations are needed alongside a windfarm like Whitelee.
- 5th October 2019Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
- 6th October 2019Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
- 7th October 2019What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
- 8th October 2019What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
- 9th October 2019Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
- 10th October 2019Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
- 11th October 2019Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 12th October 2019In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 13th October 2019Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 14th October 2019Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 15th October 2019What is meant by 'resource security'?
- 16th October 2019State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 17th October 2019Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 18th October 2019What is a glacial trough?
- 19th October 2019In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 20th October 2019Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 21st October 2019Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 22nd October 2019A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 23rd October 2019On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 24th October 2019Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 25th October 2019Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 26th October 2019Suggest 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.
- 27th October 2019A 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.
- 28th October 2019Give one difference between agribusiness and organic farming.
- 29th October 2019Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 30th October 2019A 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.
- 31st October 2019What is a corrie (or cirque)?