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Junior Cycle Geography: Climate change

How often Climate change comes up on the Geography papers, every year it was asked, and questions to try.

CL Asked on 3 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2025. most years

Climate change, Common Level(6 marks)

Quick ones on Climate change.

(a)The main greenhouse gas released by burning fossil fuels is?
  1. Oxygen
  2. Carbon dioxide
  3. Nitrogen
(b)Much of the methane released in Ireland comes from?
  1. Planting new hedgerows
  2. Wind turbines turning
  3. Cattle digesting grass
(c)Which is an expected effect of climate change on Ireland?
  1. More flooding and storms
  2. Colder, snowier winters every year
  3. Sea levels falling around the coast
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(a) Carbon dioxide

(b) Cattle digesting grass

(c) More flooding and storms

Your turn: Common Level questions on Climate change.

Common Level

Asked on 3 of the last 5 Common Level papers, most recently in 2025. most years

Every paper, year by year

YearWhere it came up
2026Not asked
2025Q5C
2024Q2B
2023Q5B
2022Not asked

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

More Climate change questions

Climate change, 2 marks

Which action REDUCES greenhouse gas emissions?

  1. Clearing forests for farmland
  2. Burning more peat for electricity
  3. Switching from coal to wind power
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Switching from coal to wind power

Wind turbines make electricity without burning fuel. Planting trees, insulating homes, public transport and electric cars also cut emissions; clearing forests adds to them.

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