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January 2020 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every GCSE Geography sheet published in January 2020, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.
Every sheet in January 2020
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 2020Name the power station whose closure in 2024 ended coal-fired electricity generation in Great Britain.
- 2nd January 2020State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 3rd January 2020Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 4th January 2020What is a glacial trough?
- 5th January 2020In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 6th January 2020Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 7th January 2020Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 8th January 2020A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 9th January 2020On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 10th January 2020Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 11th January 2020Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 12th January 2020Suggest 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.
- 13th January 2020A 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.
- 14th January 2020Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
- 15th January 2020Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 16th January 2020A 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.
- 17th January 2020What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 18th January 2020Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 19th January 2020Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 20th January 2020State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 21st January 2020A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 22nd January 2020State whether a population pyramid with a narrow base and a wider top is more likely to show a youthful population or an ageing population.
- 23rd January 2020State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 24th January 2020Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 25th January 2020Give one way that urban farming projects like sack gardens can improve a household's diet, other than increasing the total amount of food available.
- 26th January 2020Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
- 27th January 2020What is meant by 'resource security'?
- 28th January 2020Define 'water security'.
- 29th January 2020State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
- 30th January 2020How does an arete form?
- 31st January 2020State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.