Leaving Cert Geography 2020

The 2020 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 2020 Higher Level paper?
  • Q1 ordnance survey maps, rocks, plate tectonics · 80 marks
  • Q1 plate tectonics, earthquakes · 8 marks
  • Q2 rocks, rock cycle · 8 marks
  • Q2 folding and faulting, surface processes, weathering · 80 marks
  • Q3 surface processes, physical features · 8 marks
  • Q3 karst landscapes, isostasy, rock cycle · 80 marks
  • Q4 glaciation, surface processes · 8 marks
  • Q4 map skills, secondary economic activity, urban development · 80 marks
  • Q5 tourism, population distribution, socio-economic regions · 80 marks
  • Q5 regional geography, concept of a region · 8 marks
  • Q6 economic activity, primary economic activity, concept of a region · 80 marks
  • Q6 landscape identification, ordnance survey maps · 8 marks
  • Q7 map skills, multinational companies, european union · 80 marks
  • Q7 map skills, ordnance survey maps · 8 marks
  • Q8 government debt, developing economy, location of economic activity · 80 marks
  • Q8 aerial photographs, map skills · 8 marks
  • Q9 measuring development, developed economy, environmental impact · 80 marks
  • Q9 map skills, ordnance survey maps, cross section · 8 marks
  • Q10 aerial photographs, future urbanism, migration · 80 marks
  • Q10 weather, atmosphere · 8 marks
  • Q11 population statistics, population dynamics · 8 marks
  • Q11 dependency ratio, urban expansion, rural settlement · 80 marks
  • Q12 statistics, climate change, renewable energy · 8 marks
  • Q12 migration, urban planning, population growth · 80 marks
  • Q13 fair trade, sustainable development, global interdependence · 80 marks
  • Q14 human development, economic growth, global interdependence · 80 marks
  • Q15 global economy, social and political decisions, global interdependence · 80 marks
  • Q16 soil, human impact, geoecology · 80 marks
  • Q17 soil composition, soil characteristics, geoecology · 80 marks
  • Q18 biomes, climate, geoecology · 80 marks
  • Q19 minority languages, culture and identity · 80 marks
  • Q20 identity, cultural factors, culture and identity · 80 marks
  • Q21 cultural groups, states, culture and identity · 80 marks
  • Q22 climate, economic development, atmosphere · 80 marks
  • Q23 atmospheric circulation, ocean circulation, weather patterns · 80 marks
  • Q24 climate change, climate characteristics, atmosphere · 80 marks

Ordinary Level

Exam PaperMarking Scheme
What's in the 2020 Ordinary Level paper?
  • Q1 layers of the earth, physical geography · 10 marks
  • Q1 ordnance survey, rocks, surface processes, physical geography · 100 marks
  • Q2 volcanoes, landforms, rock cycle, physical geography · 100 marks
  • Q2 earthquakes, physical geography · 10 marks
  • Q3 surface processes, karst, fold mountains, physical geography · 100 marks
  • Q3 river landforms, physical geography · 10 marks
  • Q4 irish region, european union, agriculture, regional geography · 100 marks
  • Q4 rocks, physical geography · 10 marks
  • Q5 life expectancy, urban growth, tertiary economic activity, regional geography · 100 marks
  • Q5 map skills, ordnance survey · 10 marks
  • Q6 irish employment, economic activities, culture, regional geography · 100 marks
  • Q6 ordnance survey, map skills · 10 marks
  • Q7 aerial photograph, map skills · 10 marks
  • Q7 ordnance survey, economic development, fossil fuels, economic activities · 100 marks
  • Q8 regions · 10 marks
  • Q8 multinational companies, ordnance survey, economic activity and conflict, economic activities · 100 marks
  • Q9 energy, multinational company, european union, economic activities · 100 marks
  • Q9 economic activities · 10 marks
  • Q10 immigration, urban settlements, developing world city, human geography · 100 marks
  • Q10 weather, statistical interpretation · 10 marks
  • Q11 aerial photograph, urban functions, migration, human geography · 100 marks
  • Q11 tourism, graphical interpretation · 10 marks
  • Q12 transport, urban sprawl, settlement distribution, human geography · 100 marks
  • Q12 satellite interpretation, landforms, physical geography · 10 marks
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