Junior Cert Science 2026

The 2026 Junior Cert Science exam papers and official marking scheme, free below as direct PDF links from the State Examinations Commission archive.

Common Level

What's in the 2026 Common Level paper?

Q1 digestion · 15 marks
Q2 water cycle, states of matter · 15 marks
Q3 forces, energy, measurement, graphs · 15 marks
Q4 space exploration · 15 marks
Q5 food webs, ecology, habitat study · 15 marks
Q6 density, measurement, graphs · 15 marks
Q7 universe, solar system · 15 marks
Q8 energy conversion, energy · 15 marks
Q9 separating mixtures, states of matter · 15 marks
Q10 earth and moon · 15 marks
Q11 rates of reaction, chemical reactions, solubility, graphs · 30 marks
Q12 human reproduction, microscope, cells, genetics · 30 marks
Q13 earth and moon, solar system, forces · 30 marks
Q14 evolution, classification, biodiversity, ecology · 30 marks
Q15 motion, measurement, graphs · 45 marks
Q16 elements and compounds, periodic table, conservation of mass, acids and bases · 45 marks

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