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April 2021 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every GCSE Geography sheet published in April 2021, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.
Every sheet in April 2021
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st April 2021Give one reason a shared, transboundary river can create uncertainty over water supply for a downstream country.
- 2nd April 2021Explain why battery storage or backup power stations are needed alongside a windfarm like Whitelee.
- 3rd April 2021Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
- 4th April 2021Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
- 5th April 2021What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
- 6th April 2021What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
- 7th April 2021Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
- 8th April 2021Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
- 9th April 2021Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 10th April 2021In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 11th April 2021Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 12th April 2021Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 13th April 2021A supermarket can import strawberries flown a distance of 8,400 km, or buy strawberries grown 240 km away in the UK. Calculate how many times further the imported strawberries travel than the UK-grown ones.
- 14th April 2021State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 15th April 2021Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 16th April 2021What is a glacial trough?
- 17th April 2021In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 18th April 2021Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 19th April 2021Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 20th April 2021A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 21st April 2021On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 22nd April 2021Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 23rd April 2021Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 24th April 2021Suggest 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.
- 25th April 2021A 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.
- 26th April 2021State whether the north and west of the UK, or the south and east, has the larger water surplus, and give one reason why.
- 27th April 2021Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 28th April 2021A 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.
- 29th April 2021What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 30th April 2021Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.