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March 2020 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every GCSE Geography sheet published in March 2020, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.
Every sheet in March 2020
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st March 2020On a radial graph comparing five services, a spoke with a small enclosed area close to the centre indicates what about that service?
- 2nd March 2020What name is given to aid provided immediately after a disaster to meet urgent needs such as food and shelter?
- 3rd March 2020A 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.
- 4th March 2020State one crop type that grows well in a sack garden because it grows quickly and does not need deep roots.
- 5th March 2020Explain one way that green roofs can reduce a building's energy use.
- 6th March 2020State whether the north and west of the UK, or the south and east, has the larger water surplus, and give one reason why.
- 7th March 2020Give one reason a shared, transboundary river can create uncertainty over water supply for a downstream country.
- 8th March 2020Explain why battery storage or backup power stations are needed alongside a windfarm like Whitelee.
- 9th March 2020Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
- 10th March 2020Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
- 11th March 2020What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
- 12th March 2020What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
- 13th March 2020Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
- 14th March 2020Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
- 15th March 2020Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 16th March 2020In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 17th March 2020Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 18th March 2020Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 19th March 2020What is a water transfer scheme?
- 20th March 2020State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 21st March 2020Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 22nd March 2020What is a glacial trough?
- 23rd March 2020In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 24th March 2020Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 25th March 2020Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 26th March 2020A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 27th March 2020On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 28th March 2020Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 29th March 2020Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 30th March 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.
- 31st March 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.