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Junior Cycle Applied Technology: Sustainability & the environment

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

CL Asked on 4 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. most years

Sustainability & the environment, Common Level(7 marks)

Quick ones on Sustainability & the environment.

(a)An environmental advantage of rechargeable batteries in a toy?
  1. They never need to be charged at all
  2. Far fewer batteries are thrown away
  3. They contain no metals of any kind
(b)Why is using recycled plastic in a product good for the environment?
  1. It can never be recycled again
  2. It is always stronger than new plastic
  3. Less plastic goes to landfill
(c)Why does public transport such as the Luas help reduce pollution?
  1. One tram carries many people
  2. It puts more cars on the road
  3. Trams use no energy at all
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(a) Far fewer batteries are thrown away

(b) Less plastic goes to landfill

(c) One tram carries many people

Your turn: Common Level questions on Sustainability & the environment.

Common Level

Asked on 4 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2026. most years

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Q1a(i)
2025Q3c(iii)
2024Not asked
2023Q1a(iv)
2022Q2a(ii)

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

More Sustainability & the environment questions

Sustainability & the environment, 2 marks

Which of these is a renewable energy source?

  1. Peat
  2. Natural gas
  3. Wind
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Wind

Wind will not run out. Peat takes thousands of years to form, so like coal and gas it is non-renewable, and burning it releases carbon dioxide.

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