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December 2019 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day

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

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December 2019

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in December 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 December 2019Two countries plot at exactly the same point on a triangular graph of employment structure. State what this tells you about their economies.
  2. 2nd December 2019Name the three components combined in the Human Development Index (HDI).
  3. 3rd December 2019A community wants a water technology that villagers can repair themselves using local tools and materials. Which term describes this kind of technology?
  4. 4th December 2019What is the term for growing food within a city or town, rather than in the surrounding countryside?
  5. 5th December 2019Name one European district that is used as an example of sustainable urban design.
  6. 6th December 2019What is a water transfer scheme?
  7. 7th December 2019State one way industrial growth increases a country's water demand.
  8. 8th December 2019What term describes the maximum electrical power a windfarm could generate if every turbine ran at full output at the same time?
  9. 9th December 2019Name the process by which meltwater refreezes around rock and moving ice pulls the loosened blocks away.
  10. 10th December 2019Give one reason why the avalanche triggered on Everest by the 2015 earthquake was particularly significant.
  11. 11th December 2019Name one greenhouse gas released by burning fossil fuels.
  12. 12th December 2019Give one limitation of relying only on international agreements to stop illegal logging.
  13. 13th December 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.
  14. 14th December 2019On a radial graph comparing five services, a spoke with a small enclosed area close to the centre indicates what about that service?
  15. 15th December 2019What name is given to aid provided immediately after a disaster to meet urgent needs such as food and shelter?
  16. 16th December 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.
  17. 17th December 2019State one crop type that grows well in a sack garden because it grows quickly and does not need deep roots.
  18. 18th December 2019Explain one way that green roofs can reduce a building's energy use.
  19. 19th December 2019Define 'food miles'.
  20. 20th December 2019Give one reason a shared, transboundary river can create uncertainty over water supply for a downstream country.
  21. 21st December 2019Explain why battery storage or backup power stations are needed alongside a windfarm like Whitelee.
  22. 22nd December 2019Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
  23. 23rd December 2019Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
  24. 24th December 2019What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
  25. 25th December 2019What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
  26. 26th December 2019Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
  27. 27th December 2019Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
  28. 28th December 2019Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
  29. 29th December 2019In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
  30. 30th December 2019Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
  31. 31st December 2019Define 'urban sustainability'.