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August 2022 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day

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

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August 2022

31 sheets · 155 questions · GCSE

Every sheet in August 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 August 2022A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
  2. 2nd August 2022On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
  3. 3rd August 2022Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
  4. 4th August 2022Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
  5. 5th August 2022Suggest 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.
  6. 6th August 2022A 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.
  7. 7th August 2022Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
  8. 8th August 2022Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
  9. 9th August 2022A 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.
  10. 10th August 2022What is a corrie (or cirque)?
  11. 11th August 2022Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
  12. 12th August 2022Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
  13. 13th August 2022State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
  14. 14th August 2022A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
  15. 15th August 2022State whether a population pyramid with a narrow base and a wider top is more likely to show a youthful population or an ageing population.
  16. 16th August 2022State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
  17. 17th August 2022Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
  18. 18th August 2022Give one way that urban farming projects like sack gardens can improve a household's diet, other than increasing the total amount of food available.
  19. 19th August 2022Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
  20. 20th August 2022What is meant by 'resource security'?
  21. 21st August 2022Define 'water security'.
  22. 22nd August 2022State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
  23. 23rd August 2022How does an arete form?
  24. 24th August 2022State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
  25. 25th August 2022Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
  26. 26th August 2022Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
  27. 27th August 2022Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?
  28. 28th August 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.
  29. 29th August 2022What does GNI stand for?
  30. 30th August 2022A farmer switches from flooding a field to drip irrigation. Give one reason this reduces the amount of water needed.
  31. 31st August 2022Name one urban farming technique, other than a sack garden, that could be used to grow food in a small space in a city.