Leaving Cert Geography 2018

The 2018 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 2018 Higher Level paper?
  • Q1 karst landscape, isostasy, volcanic activity · 80 marks
  • Q1 ordnance survey maps, drainage patterns, map skills · 8 marks
  • Q2 aerial photographs, map skills · 8 marks
  • Q2 structure of the earth, weathering, surface processes · 80 marks
  • Q3 ordnance survey maps, elevation profile, map skills · 8 marks
  • Q3 ordnance survey maps, rock cycle, plate boundaries · 80 marks
  • Q4 ordnance survey maps, map skills · 8 marks
  • Q4 map skills, concept of a region, agriculture · 80 marks
  • Q5 concept of a region, regional geography · 8 marks
  • Q5 population dynamics, migration, tertiary economic activity, secondary economic activity · 80 marks
  • Q6 complexity of regions, urban development, european union · 80 marks
  • Q6 plate tectonics, plate boundaries · 8 marks
  • Q7 rocks, rock types · 8 marks
  • Q7 ordnance survey maps, multinational companies, environmental impact · 80 marks
  • Q8 energy, renewable energy, european union, developed economy · 80 marks
  • Q8 faulting, tectonic activity · 8 marks
  • Q9 irish trade, economic development, renewable energy · 80 marks
  • Q9 landscape identification, glaciation, aeolian processes · 8 marks
  • Q10 aerial photographs, urban planning, migration · 80 marks
  • Q10 weather, synoptic charts, atmosphere · 8 marks
  • Q11 irish exports, trade, economic activity · 8 marks
  • Q11 population dynamics, settlement distribution, future urbanism · 80 marks
  • Q12 statistical interpretation, european union, economic activity · 8 marks
  • Q12 urbanisation, population characteristics, urban expansion · 80 marks
  • Q13 global interdependence, global economy, social and political decisions · 80 marks
  • Q14 development, underdevelopment, global interdependence · 80 marks
  • Q15 sustainability, fair trade, global interdependence · 80 marks
  • Q16 soil processes, soil characteristics, geoecology · 80 marks
  • Q17 soil composition, soil characteristics, geoecology · 80 marks
  • Q18 biomes, climate, vegetation, geoecology · 80 marks
  • Q19 religion, cultural indicators, culture and identity · 80 marks
  • Q20 multiculturalism, culture and identity · 80 marks
  • Q21 boundaries, identity, culture and identity · 80 marks
  • Q22 depressions, anticyclones, weather patterns, atmosphere · 80 marks
  • Q23 climate type, climate characteristics, atmosphere · 80 marks
  • Q24 climate change, atmosphere · 80 marks

Ordinary Level

Exam PaperMarking Scheme
What's in the 2018 Ordinary Level paper?
  • Q1 rock cycle, rocks, physical geography · 10 marks
  • Q1 mass movement, rocks, volcanoes, physical geography · 100 marks
  • Q2 plate tectonics, landforms, rock cycle, physical geography · 100 marks
  • Q2 earthquakes, physical geography · 10 marks
  • Q3 physical processes, weathering, deposition, physical geography · 10 marks
  • Q3 ordnance survey, karst, surface processes, physical geography · 100 marks
  • Q4 regions · 10 marks
  • Q4 continental region, secondary economic activity, urban growth, regional geography · 100 marks
  • Q5 surface processes, landforms, physical geography · 10 marks
  • Q5 irish trade, tertiary economic activity, continental region, regional geography · 100 marks
  • Q6 weather, synoptic charts, physical geography · 10 marks
  • Q6 irish region, agriculture, concept of a region, regional geography · 100 marks
  • Q7 statistical interpretation, irish language, human geography · 10 marks
  • Q7 greenhouse gases, economic development, economic activity and conflict, economic activities · 100 marks
  • Q8 weather statistics, climate graphs, physical geography · 10 marks
  • Q8 human development index, aerial photograph, renewable energy, economic activities · 100 marks
  • Q9 ordnance survey, map skills · 10 marks
  • Q9 ordnance survey, european union, multinational company, economic activities · 100 marks
  • Q10 ordnance survey, map skills · 10 marks
  • Q10 aerial photograph, urban land-use, migration, human geography · 100 marks
  • Q11 traffic, population, settlement distribution, human geography · 100 marks
  • Q11 aerial photograph, map skills · 10 marks
  • Q12 migration, urban development, urban problems, human geography · 100 marks
  • Q12 tourism, statistical interpretation, economic activities · 10 marks
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