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Junior Cycle Applied Technology: Plastics & composites

How often Plastics & composites comes up on the Applied Technology papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 5 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Plastics & composites, Common Level(7 marks)

Quick ones on Plastics & composites.

(a)What is a thermoplastic?
  1. A plastic that sets hard for good when heated
  2. A plastic that can be reheated and reshaped
  3. A plastic made only from recycled bottles
(b)Which plastic is used to make most fizzy drinks bottles?
  1. Acrylic
  2. Melamine
  3. PET
(c)Why is acrylic a good choice for a clear cover on a display case?
  1. It is clear, rigid and polishes well
  2. It cannot be cut or drilled
  3. It is soft and bends like rubber
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(a) A plastic that can be reheated and reshaped

(b) PET

(c) It is clear, rigid and polishes well

Your turn: Common Level questions on Plastics & composites.

Common Level

Asked on 5 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. banker

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Q1b(i), Q2c(ii), Q2c(iii)
2025Q1a(ii), Q2a(ii)
2024Q2a(ii), Q2b(i)
2023Q1a(ii), Q2d(ii)
2022Q1a(i), Q1b(i)

Links open the State Examinations Commission’s paper for that year.

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