Leaving Cert Geography: Plate Tectonics & Earth Structure questions

The tectonic cycle: the Earth's structure, plate movement, and the volcanoes, earthquakes and fold mountains it produces.

87 past Geography questions on this topic, spanning 2015 to 2025, grouped by year. Every question opens on the exact page of the official paper, with its marking scheme beside it.

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2025 · 4 questions

Q180 marks

ordnance survey maps, rocks

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Q18 marks
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Q280 marks

surface processes, weathering

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Q380 marks

coastal landforms, rock cycle

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2024 · 4 questions

Q180 marks

ordnance survey maps, surface processes

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Q280 marks

landforms

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Q380 marks

sedimentary rocks

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Q58 marks
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2023 · 5 questions

Q28 marks

physical geography

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Q58 marks

physical geography

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Q1380 marks

ordnance survey maps, igneous rocks

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Q1480 marks

surface processes, chemical weathering

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Q1580 marks

mass movement, rock cycle

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2022 · 4 questions

Q180 marks

ordnance survey map, rock cycle

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Q18 marks
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Q28 marks
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Q380 marks

weathering, human interaction

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2021 · 4 questions

Q180 marks

ordnance survey maps, surface processes

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Q28 marks

physical geography

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Q380 marks

fluvial processes, igneous rock

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Q58 marks
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2020 · 4 questions

Q18 marks
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Q180 marks

ordnance survey maps, rocks

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Q280 marks

surface processes, weathering

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Q380 marks

karst landscapes, rock cycle

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2019 · 5 questions

Q180 marks

ordnance survey maps, surface processes

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Q280 marks

rocks, surface processes

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Q380 marks

glaciation, landscape development

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Q38 marks
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Q48 marks

coastal features

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2018 · 5 questions

Q180 marks

karst landscape

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Q280 marks

weathering, surface processes

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Q380 marks

ordnance survey maps, rock cycle

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Q68 marks
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Q88 marks
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2017 · 4 questions

Q18 marks
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Q180 marks

ordnance survey maps, surface processes

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Q280 marks

river rejuvenation, chemical weathering

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Q380 marks

rock cycle, surface processes

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2016 · 4 questions

Q18 marks

igneous rocks

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Q28 marks
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Q280 marks

fluvial processes

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Q380 marks

fluvial landforms, landscape development

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2015 · 5 questions

Q180 marks

karst landscapes, surface processes

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Q18 marks
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Q280 marks

ordnance survey maps, sedimentary rocks

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Q380 marks

glaciation, fluvioglacial landforms, rock cycle

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Q58 marks

igneous rocks

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2025 · 4 questions

Q110 marks
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Q2100 marks

rocks, surface processes

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Q3100 marks

surface processes, weathering

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Q1210 marks

satellite interpretation

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2024 · 3 questions

Q110 marks

physical geography

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Q1100 marks

ordnance survey, surface processes, physical geography

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Q2100 marks

surface processes, rock cycle, physical geography

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2023 · 4 questions

Q1100 marks

ordnance survey map, rocks

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Q110 marks
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Q310 marks
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Q3100 marks

landform development, mass movement

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2022 · 3 questions

Q1100 marks

ordnance survey, landforms, mass movement

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Q110 marks
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Q3100 marks

weathering, rock cycle

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2021 · 3 questions

Q1100 marks

ordnance survey map, rocks

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Q2100 marks

surface processes, rock cycle

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Q3100 marks

surface processes, weathering

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2020 · 4 questions

Q110 marks

physical geography

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Q2100 marks

landforms, rock cycle, physical geography

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Q210 marks

physical geography

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Q3100 marks

surface processes, karst, physical geography

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2019 · 4 questions

Q110 marks

physical geography

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Q2100 marks

surface processes, rocks, physical geography

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Q3100 marks

landforms, weathering, physical geography

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Q410 marks

physical geography

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2018 · 3 questions

Q1100 marks

mass movement, rocks, physical geography

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Q210 marks

physical geography

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Q2100 marks

landforms, rock cycle, physical geography

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2017 · 4 questions

Q1100 marks

ordnance survey, rocks, physical geography

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Q110 marks

physical geography

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Q2100 marks

landform development, rock cycle, physical geography

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Q3100 marks

weathering, surface processes, physical geography

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2016 · 3 questions

Q1100 marks

landforms, surface processes, physical geography

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Q3100 marks

rock cycle, karst, physical geography

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Q410 marks

physical geography

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2015 · 4 questions

Q1100 marks

ordnance survey, surface processes, physical geography

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Q2100 marks

rocks, physical geography

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Q3100 marks

rock cycle, surface processes, physical geography

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Q410 marks

statistical interpretation, physical geography

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