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January 2022 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day

Every GCSE Geography sheet published in January 2022, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.

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January 2022

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in January 2022

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

  1. 1st January 2022How does an arete form?
  2. 2nd January 2022State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
  3. 3rd January 2022Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  4. 4th January 2022Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
  5. 5th January 2022Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?
  6. 6th January 2022In 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.
  7. 7th January 2022What does GNI stand for?
  8. 8th January 2022A farmer switches from flooding a field to drip irrigation. Give one reason this reduces the amount of water needed.
  9. 9th January 2022Name one urban farming technique, other than a sack garden, that could be used to grow food in a small space in a city.
  10. 10th January 2022State one transport strategy, other than cycling, that can reduce car use in a city centre.
  11. 11th January 2022Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
  12. 12th January 2022Give one physical factor that can cause a region to have low water availability.
  13. 13th January 2022Give one type of previous land use on the site where Whitelee Windfarm was built.
  14. 14th January 2022Name the process by which rock fragments carried within ice scrape and grind against the bedrock.
  15. 15th January 2022Suggest one reason why revised building codes introduced after the earthquake might take a long time to reduce risk across the whole country.
  16. 16th January 2022Is planting a forest to absorb carbon dioxide an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  17. 17th January 2022Why might selective logging with replanting be more sustainable than clear-felling?
  18. 18th January 2022Give 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.
  19. 19th January 2022Two countries plot at exactly the same point on a triangular graph of employment structure. State what this tells you about their economies.
  20. 20th January 2022Name the three components combined in the Human Development Index (HDI).
  21. 21st January 2022A community wants a water technology that villagers can repair themselves using local tools and materials. Which term describes this kind of technology?
  22. 22nd January 2022What is the term for growing food within a city or town, rather than in the surrounding countryside?
  23. 23rd January 2022Name one European district that is used as an example of sustainable urban design.
  24. 24th January 2022What is meant by 'resource security'?
  25. 25th January 2022State one way industrial growth increases a country's water demand.
  26. 26th January 2022What term describes the maximum electrical power a windfarm could generate if every turbine ran at full output at the same time?
  27. 27th January 2022Name the process by which meltwater refreezes around rock and moving ice pulls the loosened blocks away.
  28. 28th January 2022Give one reason why the avalanche triggered on Everest by the 2015 earthquake was particularly significant.
  29. 29th January 2022Name one greenhouse gas released by burning fossil fuels.
  30. 30th January 2022Give one limitation of relying only on international agreements to stop illegal logging.
  31. 31st January 2022State one reason why a pie chart, rather than a bar chart, is the better choice for showing how a household's monthly budget is divided between four spending categories.