# Junior Cert Geography: Rocks & Tectonics questions

> Every Junior Cert Geography exam question on Rocks & Tectonics, grouped by level and year. Questions come from the official State Examinations Commission papers; every PDF link opens the original on examinations.ie.

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The rock types and where they are found, the structure of the Earth, plate tectonics and the volcanoes, earthquakes and fold mountains it produces.

7 past Geography questions on this topic, spanning 2022 to 2026, grouped by year. Each links to its exact page in the official paper and marking scheme.

## Common Level

### 2026

- Q3 (39 marks) - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2026/JC005CLP000EV.pdf#page=9) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2026/JC005CLP000EV.pdf#page=6)

### 2025

- Q3 (45 marks): mass movement - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2025/JC005CLP000EV.pdf#page=9) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2025/JC005CLP000EV.pdf#page=6)

### 2024

- Q1 (40 marks) - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2024/JC005CLP000EV.pdf#page=3) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2024/JC005CLP000EV.pdf#page=4)

### 2023

- Q7 (33 marks) - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2023/JC005CLP000EV.pdf#page=19) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2023/JC005CLP000EV.pdf#page=10)
- Q9 (53 marks): natural resources, karst, weathering - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2023/JC005CLP000EV.pdf#page=24) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2023/JC005CLP000EV.pdf#page=12)

### 2022

- Q1 (32 marks): weathering, tourism - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2022/JC005CLP000EV.pdf#page=3) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2022/JC005CLP000EV.pdf#page=4)
- Q8 (49 marks): graphs and charts - [Paper](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/exampapers/2022/JC005CLP000EV.pdf#page=22) · [Marking scheme](https://www.examinations.ie/archive/markingschemes/2022/JC005CLP000EV.pdf#page=12)

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