Leaving Cert Geography 2015

The 2015 Leaving Cert Geography exam paper and official marking scheme, free below as direct PDF links from the State Examinations Commission archive.

Higher Level

Exam PaperMarking Scheme
What's in the 2015 Higher Level paper?
  • Q1 karst landscapes, surface processes, tectonic activity · 80 marks
  • Q1 volcanic activity, plutonic processes, structure of a volcano · 8 marks
  • Q2 ordnance survey maps, sedimentary rocks, isostasy · 80 marks
  • Q2 coastal landforms, coastal erosion, coastal deposition · 8 marks
  • Q3 glaciation, fluvioglacial landforms, folding and faulting, rock cycle · 80 marks
  • Q3 european union, political geography · 8 marks
  • Q4 weather, synoptic charts, atmosphere · 8 marks
  • Q4 map skills, industrial decline, tertiary activity, tourism · 80 marks
  • Q5 plate tectonics, plate boundaries, igneous rocks · 8 marks
  • Q5 irish seafood exports, manufacturing, human processes, regional dynamics · 80 marks
  • Q6 mass movement, surface processes · 8 marks
  • Q6 population dynamics, migration, primary economic activity, climate · 80 marks
  • Q7 ordnance survey maps, map skills · 8 marks
  • Q7 economic activities, e-commerce, environmental impact, colonialism · 80 marks
  • Q8 aerial photographs, ordnance survey maps, map skills · 8 marks
  • Q8 aerial photographs, mobility of economic activities, multinational companies, sustainable development · 80 marks
  • Q9 waste management, ordnance survey maps, location of economic activity, european union policy · 80 marks
  • Q9 ordnance survey maps, cross-section, map skills · 8 marks
  • Q10 ordnance survey maps, landforms, drainage patterns, map skills · 8 marks
  • Q10 aerial photographs, urban problems, overpopulation · 80 marks
  • Q11 population dynamics, urban settlement, ordnance survey maps, migration · 80 marks
  • Q11 statistical interpretation, afforestation, forestry · 8 marks
  • Q12 satellite imagery, deltas, mining · 8 marks
  • Q12 population pyramids, urban planning, historical settlement, ordnance survey maps · 80 marks
  • Q13 global interdependence, refugees, migration patterns, human rights · 80 marks
  • Q14 global interdependence, aid programmes, economic development, human development · 80 marks
  • Q15 global interdependence, fair trade, economic development, human development · 80 marks
  • Q16 geoecology, soil development, soil composition · 80 marks
  • Q17 geoecology, human impact, soil · 80 marks
  • Q18 geoecology, biomes, plant adaptation, soil · 80 marks
  • Q19 culture and identity, colonialism, migration, racial patterns · 80 marks
  • Q20 culture and identity, cultural factors, nationality, language · 80 marks
  • Q21 culture and identity, political boundaries, physical boundaries, cultural groups · 80 marks
  • Q22 atmosphere-ocean environment, climate type, climate characteristics · 80 marks
  • Q23 atmosphere-ocean environment, solar energy, atmospheric circulation, ocean circulation · 80 marks
  • Q24 atmosphere-ocean environment, depressions, anticyclones, weather patterns · 80 marks

Ordinary Level

Exam PaperMarking Scheme
What's in the 2015 Ordinary Level paper?
  • Q1 coastal landforms, physical geography · 10 marks
  • Q1 ordnance survey, surface processes, plate tectonics, physical geography · 100 marks
  • Q2 plate tectonics, rocks, fold mountains, physical geography · 100 marks
  • Q2 rivers, landforms, physical geography · 10 marks
  • Q3 rock cycle, volcanoes, surface processes, physical geography · 100 marks
  • Q3 karst, rocks, physical geography · 10 marks
  • Q4 irish region, tourism, urban growth, regional geography · 100 marks
  • Q4 earthquakes, statistical interpretation, physical geography · 10 marks
  • Q5 ordnance survey, map skills · 10 marks
  • Q5 concept of a region, secondary economic activity, regional development, regional geography · 100 marks
  • Q6 ordnance survey, settlement patterns, map skills · 10 marks
  • Q6 european region, european union, primary economic activity, regional geography · 100 marks
  • Q7 aerial photograph, map skills · 10 marks
  • Q7 aerial photograph, european union, colonialism, economic activities · 100 marks
  • Q8 energy, multinational company, economic development, economic activities · 100 marks
  • Q8 regions · 10 marks
  • Q9 economic activities · 10 marks
  • Q9 economic development, environmental impact, economic activity and conflict, economic activities · 100 marks
  • Q10 weather, weather charts · 10 marks
  • Q10 population, migration, urban settlements, human geography · 100 marks
  • Q11 ordnance survey, historic settlement, urban traffic, population · 100 marks
  • Q11 statistical interpretation, graphical interpretation · 10 marks
  • Q12 population, developing world city, settlement distribution, human geography · 100 marks
  • Q12 ordnance survey, map skills · 10 marks
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