Free GCSE Geography check: 15 questions

Question 11 mark

Two towns lie the same distance from the same fault. Which change would most increase the hazard risk in one of them?

Question 21 mark

Two earthquakes of similar magnitude strike a high-income and a low-income country. Why are deaths usually higher in the low-income country?

Question 31 mark

Which surface winds blow from about 30° towards the Equator?

Question 41 mark

Ice cores drilled in Antarctica hold a record of climate going back hundreds of thousands of years. What do they show?

Question 51 mark

In a woodland nutrient cycle, how do nutrients pass from the litter store into the soil store?

Question 61 mark

The chart shows monthly rainfall at an invented rainforest station. What is the total annual rainfall?

Question 71 mark

After weeks of heavy rain, a section of clay cliff moves down the slope in a curved, rotating motion. Which type of mass movement is this?

Question 81 mark

How does a river valley's cross profile usually change from the upper course to the lower course?

Question 91 mark

The hydrograph shows the River Wenning after a storm. What is the lag time?

Question 101 mark

The graph shows the percentage of people living in urban areas in three invented countries. Which country's urban percentage rose the most between 1980 and 2020?

Chart values
Category	Ostria	Velamo	Karuba
1980	74	30	12
1990	76	37	15
2000	78	45	19
2010	80	54	24
2020	81	62	31

Question 111 mark

Why do housebuilders often prefer greenfield sites to brownfield sites?

Question 121 mark

Why can GNI per head give a misleading picture of how well most people live in a country?

Question 131 mark

The table shows the share of jobs in each sector in Kessaria, an invented emerging country. Which sector's share grew the most between 1990 and 2020?

Share of jobs by sector in Kessaria (invented data)
Sector	1990 (%)	2020 (%)
Primary	64	38
Secondary	10	22
Tertiary	26	40

Question 141 mark

The scatter graph shows GNI per head and energy use per person for ten invented countries. What does it show?

Question 151 mark

A trig point is in grid square 4328. It lies 7 tenths of the way east across the square and 2 tenths of the way north up it. What is its six-figure grid reference?