Daily Practice · GCSE Geography
January 2026 - GCSE Geography 5-a-day
Every GCSE Geography sheet published in January 2026, with answers. Physical processes, human patterns, case-study detail and fieldwork technique.
Every sheet in January 2026
The same date always regenerates the same five questions, so a sheet you print today is the sheet a classmate prints tomorrow.
- 1st January 2026On a triangular graph for employment structure, which corner would a country with almost all workers employed in farming be plotted closest to?
- 2nd January 2026Give one example of a bottom-up development strategy.
- 3rd January 2026Put these parts of a rainwater-harvesting system in the order water passes through them: storage tank, roof, filter, guttering.
- 4th January 2026Suggest 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.
- 5th January 2026A 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.
- 6th January 2026Give one reason, other than population growth, why global demand for resources such as energy has increased in recent decades.
- 7th January 2026Give one reason why global water demand has risen due to population change.
- 8th January 2026A 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.
- 9th January 2026What is a corrie (or cirque)?
- 10th January 2026Name the two tectonic plates whose collision is responsible for earthquakes in the Nepal/Himalaya region.
- 11th January 2026Name the 2015 international agreement in which countries agreed to try to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees C.
- 12th January 2026State one country where ecotourism has been used to help fund rainforest conservation.
- 13th January 2026A survey of 250 people found that 100 travel to work by car. Calculate the angle needed to show this on a pie chart.
- 14th January 2026State whether a population pyramid with a narrow base and a wider top is more likely to show a youthful population or an ageing population.
- 15th January 2026State one physical factor that can restrict a country's development.
- 16th January 2026Give one part of a hand pump that needs regular maintenance.
- 17th January 2026Give one way that urban farming projects like sack gardens can improve a household's diet, other than increasing the total amount of food available.
- 18th January 2026Give one household-level strategy for reducing water use in a sustainable city.
- 19th January 2026What is meant by 'resource security'?
- 20th January 2026Define 'water security'.
- 21st January 2026State one advantage of siting a large windfarm on open moorland rather than close to a city.
- 22nd January 2026How does an arete form?
- 23rd January 2026State one reason why rural mountain communities in Nepal received aid more slowly than people in Kathmandu.
- 24th January 2026Is building a sea wall to cope with rising sea levels an example of mitigation or adaptation?
- 25th January 2026Give one way a debt-for-nature swap helps protect rainforest.
- 26th January 2026Which type of chart is most suitable for comparing the number of shops in five different town centres?
- 27th January 2026In 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.
- 28th January 2026What does GNI stand for?
- 29th January 2026A farmer switches from flooding a field to drip irrigation. Give one reason this reduces the amount of water needed.
- 30th January 2026Name one urban farming technique, other than a sack garden, that could be used to grow food in a small space in a city.
- 31st January 2026State one transport strategy, other than cycling, that can reduce car use in a city centre.