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Junior Cycle Geography: Significant weather events

How often Significant weather events 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

Significant weather events, Common Level(6 marks)

Quick ones on Significant weather events.

(a)Hurricanes form over?
  1. Cold polar ice sheets
  2. Warm tropical oceans
  3. Dry desert interiors
(b)The calm, clear centre of a hurricane is the?
  1. Cold front
  2. Eye wall
  3. Eye
(c)Storm Ophelia (October 2017) was unusual for Ireland because it?
  1. Began as an Atlantic hurricane
  2. Was caused by a volcanic eruption
  3. Brought heavy snow in summer
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(a) Warm tropical oceans

(b) Eye

(c) Began as an Atlantic hurricane

Your turn: Common Level questions on Significant weather events.

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
2025Q7C
2024Q2A
2023Not asked
2022Q9B

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

More Significant weather events questions

Significant weather events, 2 marks

Which is a SHORT-TERM response to a severe storm?

  1. Building stronger sea walls
  2. Planting new forests on hills
  3. Opening emergency shelters
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Opening emergency shelters

Short-term responses happen in the first days: rescue, shelter, food, water and restoring power. Long-term ones, such as better defences and warnings, reduce harm next time.

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