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December 2021 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day

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

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December 2021

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in December 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 December 2021Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
  2. 2nd December 2021Define 'urban sustainability'.
  3. 3rd December 2021What is a water transfer scheme?
  4. 4th December 2021State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
  5. 5th December 2021Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
  6. 6th December 2021What is a glacial trough?
  7. 7th December 2021In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
  8. 8th December 2021Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
  9. 9th December 2021Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
  10. 10th December 2021A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
  11. 11th December 2021On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
  12. 12th December 2021Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
  13. 13th December 2021Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
  14. 14th December 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.
  15. 15th December 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.
  16. 16th December 2021Define 'food miles'.
  17. 17th December 2021Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
  18. 18th December 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.
  19. 19th December 2021What is a corrie (or cirque)?
  20. 20th December 2021Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
  21. 21st December 2021Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
  22. 22nd December 2021State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
  23. 23rd December 2021A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
  24. 24th December 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.
  25. 25th December 2021State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
  26. 26th December 2021Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
  27. 27th December 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.
  28. 28th December 2021Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
  29. 29th December 2021Name the power station whose closure in 2024 ended coal-fired electricity generation in Great Britain.
  30. 30th December 2021Define 'water security'.
  31. 31st December 2021State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.