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Junior Cycle Religious Education: Care for the earth

How often Care for the earth comes up on the Religious Education 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

Care for the earth, Common Level(6 marks)

Quick ones on Care for the earth.

(a)In Christianity, stewardship of creation means…
  1. Owning the earth to use however we like
  2. Caring for the earth on God's behalf
  3. Worshipping nature as a god
(b)What is Laudato Si', published in 2015?
  1. A hymn often sung at Irish pilgrimages
  2. A United Nations treaty that set climate targets
  3. A letter by Pope Francis on care for the earth
(c)Tikkun Olam, a teaching that encourages care for the earth, is most associated with…
  1. Judaism
  2. Buddhism
  3. Islam
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(a) Caring for the earth on God's behalf

(b) A letter by Pope Francis on care for the earth

(c) Judaism

Your turn: Common Level questions on Care for the earth.

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
2025Q15
2024Q3, Q4
2023Q11, Q12
2022Not asked

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

More Care for the earth questions

Care for the earth, 2 marks

Ireland's Green-Schools programme, run by An Taisce, encourages students to…

  1. Raise money to build new school sports halls
  2. Learn Irish through drama
  3. Cut waste and save energy in school
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Cut waste and save energy in school

Schools earn Green Flags for work on themes like waste, energy, water, travel and biodiversity. It is one example of a group promoting care for the earth today.

Care for the earth, 3 marks

Why do many religions link care for the earth with justice for people?

  1. The earth's resources can never run out
  2. Environmental damage hurts the poorest most
  3. Only rich countries depend on nature to live
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Environmental damage hurts the poorest most

Floods, droughts and failed crops hit poorer communities hardest. So for many believers, caring for creation is also a way of loving and protecting their neighbour.

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