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May 2021 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day

Every GCSE Geography sheet published in May 2021, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.

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May 2021

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in May 2021

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

  1. 1st May 2021Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
  2. 2nd May 2021State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
  3. 3rd May 2021A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
  4. 4th May 2021State whether a population pyramid with a narrow base and a wider top is more likely to show a youthful population or an ageing population.
  5. 5th May 2021State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
  6. 6th May 2021Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
  7. 7th May 2021Give one way that urban farming projects like sack gardens can improve a household's diet, other than increasing the total amount of food available.
  8. 8th May 2021Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
  9. 9th May 2021What is a water transfer scheme?
  10. 10th May 2021Define 'water security'.
  11. 11th May 2021State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
  12. 12th May 2021How does an arete form?
  13. 13th May 2021State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
  14. 14th May 2021Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  15. 15th May 2021Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
  16. 16th May 2021Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?
  17. 17th May 2021In 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.
  18. 18th May 2021What does GNI stand for?
  19. 19th May 2021A farmer switches from flooding a field to drip irrigation. Give one reason this reduces the amount of water needed.
  20. 20th May 2021Name one urban farming technique, other than a sack garden, that could be used to grow food in a small space in a city.
  21. 21st May 2021State one transport strategy, other than cycling, that can reduce car use in a city centre.
  22. 22nd May 2021Define 'food miles'.
  23. 23rd May 2021Give one physical factor that can cause a region to have low water availability.
  24. 24th May 2021Give one type of previous land use on the site where Whitelee Windfarm was built.
  25. 25th May 2021Name the process by which rock fragments carried within ice scrape and grind against the bedrock.
  26. 26th May 2021Suggest one reason why revised building codes introduced after the earthquake might take a long time to reduce risk across the whole country.
  27. 27th May 2021Is planting a forest to absorb carbon dioxide an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  28. 28th May 2021Why might selective logging with replanting be more sustainable than clear-felling?
  29. 29th May 2021Give 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.
  30. 30th May 2021Two countries plot at exactly the same point on a triangular graph of employment structure. State what this tells you about their economies.
  31. 31st May 2021Name the three components combined in the Human Development Index (HDI).