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April 2020 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day

Every GCSE Geography sheet published in April 2020, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.

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April 2020

30 sheets · 150 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in April 2020

The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.

  1. 1st April 2020Define 'food miles'.
  2. 2nd April 2020Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
  3. 3rd April 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.
  4. 4th April 2020What is a corrie (or cirque)?
  5. 5th April 2020Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
  6. 6th April 2020Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
  7. 7th April 2020State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
  8. 8th April 2020A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
  9. 9th April 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.
  10. 10th April 2020State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
  11. 11th April 2020Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
  12. 12th April 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.
  13. 13th April 2020Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
  14. 14th April 2020Name the power station whose closure in 2024 ended coal-fired electricity generation in Great Britain.
  15. 15th April 2020Define 'water security'.
  16. 16th April 2020State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
  17. 17th April 2020How does an arete form?
  18. 18th April 2020State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
  19. 19th April 2020Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  20. 20th April 2020Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
  21. 21st April 2020Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?
  22. 22nd April 2020In 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.
  23. 23rd April 2020What does GNI stand for?
  24. 24th April 2020A farmer switches from flooding a field to drip irrigation. Give one reason this reduces the amount of water needed.
  25. 25th April 2020Name one urban farming technique, other than a sack garden, that could be used to grow food in a small space in a city.
  26. 26th April 2020State one transport strategy, other than cycling, that can reduce car use in a city centre.
  27. 27th April 2020Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
  28. 28th April 2020Give one physical factor that can cause a region to have low water availability.
  29. 29th April 2020Give one type of previous land use on the site where Whitelee Windfarm was built.
  30. 30th April 2020Name the process by which rock fragments carried within ice scrape and grind against the bedrock.