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July 2020 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day

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

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July 2020

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in July 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 July 2020What is a water transfer scheme?
  2. 2nd July 2020Define 'water security'.
  3. 3rd July 2020State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
  4. 4th July 2020How does an arete form?
  5. 5th July 2020State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
  6. 6th July 2020Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  7. 7th July 2020Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
  8. 8th July 2020Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?
  9. 9th July 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.
  10. 10th July 2020What does GNI stand for?
  11. 11th July 2020A farmer switches from flooding a field to drip irrigation. Give one reason this reduces the amount of water needed.
  12. 12th July 2020Name one urban farming technique, other than a sack garden, that could be used to grow food in a small space in a city.
  13. 13th July 2020State one transport strategy, other than cycling, that can reduce car use in a city centre.
  14. 14th July 2020Define 'food miles'.
  15. 15th July 2020Give one physical factor that can cause a region to have low water availability.
  16. 16th July 2020Give one type of previous land use on the site where Whitelee Windfarm was built.
  17. 17th July 2020Name the process by which rock fragments carried within ice scrape and grind against the bedrock.
  18. 18th July 2020Suggest one reason why revised building codes introduced after the earthquake might take a long time to reduce risk across the whole country.
  19. 19th July 2020Is planting a forest to absorb carbon dioxide an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  20. 20th July 2020Why might selective logging with replanting be more sustainable than clear-felling?
  21. 21st July 2020Give one reason why a compound (divided) bar chart might be chosen over a simple bar chart when comparing rainfall from two different rain gauges each month.
  22. 22nd July 2020Two countries plot at exactly the same point on a triangular graph of employment structure. State what this tells you about their economies.
  23. 23rd July 2020Name the three components combined in the Human Development Index (HDI).
  24. 24th July 2020A community wants a water technology that villagers can repair themselves using local tools and materials. Which term describes this kind of technology?
  25. 25th July 2020What is the term for growing food within a city or town, rather than in the surrounding countryside?
  26. 26th July 2020Name one European district that is used as an example of sustainable urban design.
  27. 27th July 2020Name the power station whose closure in 2024 ended coal-fired electricity generation in Great Britain.
  28. 28th July 2020State one way industrial growth increases a country's water demand.
  29. 29th July 2020What term describes the maximum electrical power a windfarm could generate if every turbine ran at full output at the same time?
  30. 30th July 2020Name the process by which meltwater refreezes around rock and moving ice pulls the loosened blocks away.
  31. 31st July 2020Give one reason why the avalanche triggered on Everest by the 2015 earthquake was particularly significant.