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August 2023 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every GCSE Geography sheet published in August 2023, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.
Every sheet in August 2023
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st August 2023On a radial graph comparing five services, a spoke with a small enclosed area close to the centre indicates what about that service?
- 2nd August 2023What name is given to aid provided immediately after a disaster to meet urgent needs such as food and shelter?
- 3rd August 2023A storage tank collects water from a roof with an area of 40 square metres. In a storm, 10mm of rain falls and the system captures 90 percent of it. Calculate the volume collected, in litres.
- 4th August 2023State one crop type that grows well in a sack garden because it grows quickly and does not need deep roots.
- 5th August 2023Explain one way that green roofs can reduce a building's energy use.
- 6th August 2023State whether the north and west of the UK, or the south and east, has the larger water surplus, and give one reason why.
- 7th August 2023Give one reason a shared, transboundary river can create uncertainty over water supply for a downstream country.
- 8th August 2023Explain why battery storage or backup power stations are needed alongside a windfarm like Whitelee.
- 9th August 2023Why do hanging valleys often have waterfalls where they meet the main glacial trough?
- 10th August 2023Give one reason why many Nepali homeowners could not rely on insurance payouts to help rebuild, unlike homeowners in some wealthier countries.
- 11th August 2023What term describes the natural process that keeps the Earth warm enough to support life?
- 12th August 2023What does 'sustainable management' of a rainforest mean?
- 13th August 2023Which type of graph is most suitable for showing how a river's discharge changes hour by hour during a flood?
- 14th August 2023Name the general shape of a population pyramid for a country with roughly similar numbers of people in each age group.
- 15th August 2023Give one social measure of development, other than life expectancy.
- 16th August 2023In which country is Kitui County, the location of a well-known community rainwater-harvesting project, found?
- 17th August 2023Calculate the monthly vegetable output of 15 sack gardens if each produces 3.5 kg per month.
- 18th August 2023Define 'urban sustainability'.
- 19th August 2023What is a water transfer scheme?
- 20th August 2023State one human factor that can reduce the amount of usable fresh water in a river.
- 21st August 2023Name the country within the UK where Whitelee Windfarm is located.
- 22nd August 2023What is a glacial trough?
- 23rd August 2023In which mountain range does Nepal lie, making it prone to earthquakes?
- 24th August 2023Name one piece of evidence, other than ice cores, that scientists use to study past climate.
- 25th August 2023Name one type of certification scheme that labels timber from sustainably managed forests.
- 26th August 2023A pie chart shows land use split into farmland 60%, woodland 25% and urban 15%. Calculate the angle for the farmland sector.
- 27th August 2023On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 28th August 2023Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 29th August 2023Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 30th August 2023Suggest 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.
- 31st August 2023A 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.