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Leaving Cert Geography

What has come up on the Geography papers (2016–2026), topic by topic, with step-by-step practice at Higher Level and Ordinary Level.

Higher Level Ordinary Level

Geography, Higher Level(7 marks)

Three quick ones from the Geography topics that come up most.

(a)Aerial photograph taken from directly above, looking straight down?
  1. An oblique aerial photograph
  2. A vertical aerial photograph
  3. A ground-level photograph
(b)Climate type found in Ireland?
  1. Cool temperate continental
  2. Mediterranean
  3. Cool temperate oceanic
(c)Wave erosion where air is compressed in cracks and blasts the rock apart?
  1. Hydraulic action
  2. Attrition
  3. Abrasion
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(a) A vertical aerial photograph

(b) Cool temperate oceanic

(c) Hydraulic action

Your turn: pick the answer for each one.

Higher Level

652 flash cards and 313 step-by-step drill questions at Higher Level.

What comes up

How many of the last 10 Geography Higher Level papers asked each topic.

TopicAskedLast seenHow often
OS maps banker10 of 102026
Rivers banker10 of 102026
Graphs and statistics banker10 of 102026
Coasts banker10 of 102026
Plate tectonics banker10 of 102026
Glaciation banker10 of 102026
A continental region (India / Brazil) banker10 of 102026
Mass movement banker10 of 102026
Rock types banker10 of 102026
The concept of a region banker10 of 102026
The Irish region (West of Ireland) banker10 of 102026
A European region (Paris Basin / Mezzogiorno) banker10 of 102026
The Greater Dublin Region banker10 of 102026
Aerial photographs banker10 of 102026

More topics: Climate, Karst landscapes, Volcanoes, Weathering, Earthquakes, The European Union, Regional development, Population, The rock cycle, Urbanisation, Transport, Migration, Settlement, Economic activities, Satellite imagery.

These counts come from the 2016–2026 papers. June 2028 is the first exam on the new Geography specification, so read them as a guide to the core topics; the app follows the course for the June you sit.

Try three

OS maps, 3 marks

A map scale written as 1:50,000 is called what?

  1. A linear scale
  2. A statement of scale
  3. A representative fraction
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A representative fraction

It means one unit on the map stands for 50,000 of the same units on the ground.

Rock types, 3 marks

Banded metamorphic rock formed from granite under intense heat and pressure?

  1. Marble
  2. Gneiss
  3. Slate
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Gneiss

Great heat and pressure separate the minerals into light and dark bands, typical of the roots of old mountain ranges.

Coasts, 3 marks

Beach ridge that joins an island to the mainland?

  1. A tombolo
  2. A spit
  3. A sand bar
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A tombolo

The island shelters the water behind it so deposition builds a neck of sand between island and shore, as at Sutton linking Howth to Dublin.

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Ordinary Level

478 flash cards and 206 step-by-step drill questions at Ordinary Level.

What comes up

How many of the last 10 Geography Ordinary Level papers asked each topic.

TopicAskedLast seenHow often
Coasts banker10 of 102026
Graphs and statistics banker10 of 102026
OS maps banker10 of 102026
Rivers banker10 of 102026
Mass movement banker10 of 102026
Glaciation banker10 of 102026
Rock types banker10 of 102026
A continental region (India / Brazil) banker10 of 102026
The concept of a region banker10 of 102026
A European region (Paris Basin / Mezzogiorno) banker10 of 102026
Plate tectonics banker10 of 102026
Climate banker10 of 102026
The Irish region (West of Ireland) banker10 of 102026
The Greater Dublin Region banker10 of 102026

More topics: Volcanoes, Urbanisation, The rock cycle, Aerial photographs, Weathering, Karst landscapes, Earthquakes, Regional development, Satellite imagery, Settlement, Economic activities, The European Union, Transport, Population.

These counts come from the 2016–2026 papers. June 2028 is the first exam on the new Geography specification, so read them as a guide to the core topics; the app follows the course for the June you sit.

Try three

Rivers, 3 marks

Curved lake left behind when a meander is cut off from the river?

  1. A corrie lake
  2. A turlough
  3. An ox-bow lake
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An ox-bow lake

Erosion narrows the neck of the loop until the river breaks through and takes the shorter route, and silt then seals off the old bend.

Glaciation, 3 marks

Deep coastal inlet formed when the sea flooded a glaciated valley?

  1. A lagoon
  2. A fjord
  3. A ria
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A fjord

Ice cut the valley below sea level and sea level rose after the ice melted, drowning the U-shaped valley to give steep-sided deep inlets.

Graphs and statistics, 3 marks

Graph used to show whether two sets of figures are related to each other?

  1. A scatter graph
  2. A pie chart
  3. A bar chart
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A scatter graph

Each point plots one pair of values, and if the points slope in a clear direction the two sets of figures are linked.

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