Leaving Cert Geography: Rocks & the Rock Cycle questions

How rocks form, are classified and transform through the rock cycle, including Ireland's rock types.

56 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, isostasy

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Q38 marks

karst, weathering

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Q380 marks

coastal landforms, folding and faulting

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Q48 marks
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2024 · 1 question

Q380 marks

volcanic activity, seismic activity, earthquakes

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2023 · 3 questions

Q48 marks

physical geography

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Q1380 marks

ordnance survey maps, isostasy

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Q1580 marks

mass movement, plate tectonics

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2022 · 2 questions

Q180 marks

ordnance survey map, tectonic activity

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Q280 marks

fluvial processes, surface processes

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2021 · 2 questions

Q380 marks

volcanoes, fluvial processes

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Q48 marks
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2020 · 3 questions

Q180 marks

ordnance survey maps, plate tectonics

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Q28 marks
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Q380 marks

karst landscapes, isostasy

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2019 · 1 question

Q280 marks

earthquakes, surface processes

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2018 · 2 questions

Q380 marks

ordnance survey maps, plate boundaries

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Q78 marks
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2017 · 1 question

Q380 marks

surface processes, seismic activity

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2016 · 4 questions

Q180 marks

ordnance survey maps, weathering

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Q18 marks

plate tectonics, tectonic cycle

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Q38 marks

coastal landforms, coastal processes

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Q48 marks
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2015 · 3 questions

Q280 marks

ordnance survey maps, isostasy

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Q380 marks

glaciation, fluvioglacial landforms, folding and faulting

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Q58 marks

plate tectonics, plate boundaries

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2025 · 3 questions

Q1100 marks

ordnance survey, landforms

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Q2100 marks

volcanoes, surface processes

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Q410 marks
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2024 · 3 questions

Q2100 marks

plate tectonics, surface processes, 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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2023 · 3 questions

Q1100 marks

ordnance survey map, fold mountains

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Q2100 marks

landforms, weathering

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Q210 marks
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2022 · 2 questions

Q2100 marks

mass movement, surface processes

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Q3100 marks

volcanic activity, weathering

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2021 · 2 questions

Q1100 marks

ordnance survey map, volcanoes

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Q2100 marks

plate tectonics, surface processes

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2020 · 3 questions

Q1100 marks

ordnance survey, surface processes, physical geography

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Q2100 marks

volcanoes, landforms, physical geography

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Q410 marks

physical geography

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2019 · 2 questions

Q1100 marks

ordnance survey, landforms, physical geography

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Q2100 marks

earthquakes, surface processes, physical geography

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2018 · 3 questions

Q110 marks

physical geography

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Q1100 marks

mass movement, volcanoes, physical geography

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Q2100 marks

plate tectonics, landforms, physical geography

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2017 · 3 questions

Q1100 marks

ordnance survey, fold mountains, physical geography

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Q2100 marks

volcanoes, landform development, physical geography

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Q410 marks

physical geography

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2016 · 3 questions

Q2100 marks

ordnance survey, weathering, physical geography

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Q3100 marks

earthquakes, karst, physical geography

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Q610 marks

physical geography

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2015 · 3 questions

Q2100 marks

plate tectonics, fold mountains, physical geography

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Q3100 marks

volcanoes, surface processes, physical geography

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Q310 marks

karst, physical geography

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