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Key Facts: JC Geography Exam

3 strands

Physical world; interaction with the physical world; people, place and change

NCCA Junior Cycle Geography specification

~2 hours

Length of the final Common Level written examination

State Examinations Commission

Common Level

Junior Cycle Geography is examined at one Common Level only

NCCA Junior Cycle Geography specification

EUR 109

2026 Junior Cycle school-based entry fee (all subjects; medical-card exempt)

Department of Education / school fee notices 2026

Descriptor grades

Results reported as Distinction, Higher Merit, Merit, Achieved, Partially Achieved or Not Graded

State Examinations Commission

Around age 15

Taken by third-year junior cycle students in Irish post-primary schools

NCCA Junior Cycle framework

Map & photo skills

OS map and aerial photograph interpretation are core examinable skills

NCCA Junior Cycle Geography specification

100

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Junior Cycle Geography is Ireland's lower-secondary Geography qualification, set by the State Examinations Commission at Common Level for third-year students around age 15. It covers three strands — physical world; interaction with the physical world; and people, place and change — plus map and aerial photograph skills. Students sit one written paper of about two hours (short and long questions, not MCQ). Results use descriptors (Distinction to Not Graded). The 2026 Junior Cycle entry fee is EUR 109 (medical-card exempt). This 100-question bank provides free original single-best-answer practice adapted from the specification.

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1Which layer of the Earth is broken into moving tectonic plates?
A.Inner core only
B.Rigid outer shell of crust and uppermost mantle
C.Entire liquid outer core
D.Atmosphere only
Explanation: Tectonic plates are pieces of the lithosphere — the rigid outer shell of crust plus uppermost mantle — that move over the weaker asthenosphere.
2What mainly happens at a constructive (divergent) plate boundary?
A.New crust forms as plates move apart
B.Oceanic crust is destroyed by subduction
C.Two plates slide past each other only
D.Continents fold into mountains only
Explanation: At constructive (divergent) boundaries plates move apart and magma rises, creating new crust, as along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
3Which rock type forms when magma or lava cools and solidifies?
A.Sedimentary
B.Igneous
C.Metamorphic only
D.Peat
Explanation: Igneous rocks form from cooling magma (underground) or lava (at the surface). Granite and basalt are common examples.
4Limestone that formed from sea-floor remains is classified as which main rock type?
A.Igneous volcanic
B.Igneous plutonic
C.Sedimentary
D.Metamorphic gneiss
Explanation: Limestone is a sedimentary rock, often formed from calcium carbonate remains of marine organisms that were compacted and cemented.
5What is weathering in physical geography?
A.The breakdown of rock in place by physical or chemical processes
B.The transport of rock fragments by a river only
C.The melting of ice sheets only
D.The building of new mountains only
Explanation: Weathering is the breakdown of rock in situ by physical (mechanical) or chemical processes. Erosion then transports the loosened material.
6Which process describes a river wearing away its bed and banks?
A.Deposition
B.Erosion
C.Condensation
D.Precipitation
Explanation: River erosion is the wearing away of the bed and banks by hydraulic action, abrasion, attrition and solution.
7Which landform is typically found in the upper course of a river?
A.Wide flood plain with meanders only
B.V-shaped valley and waterfalls
C.Large delta only
D.Oxbow lake only
Explanation: In the upper course, steep gradients and vertical erosion create V-shaped valleys, interlocking spurs, waterfalls and rapids.
8What is hydraulic action at the coast?
A.Waves dissolving rock chemically only
B.The force of water and compressed air cracking rock in joints
C.Waves depositing sand on a beach only
D.Wind moving sand inland only
Explanation: Hydraulic action is the force of waves and compressed air in cracks and joints that weakens and breaks rock.
9Which instrument is used to measure air pressure?
A.Anemometer
B.Barometer
C.Hygrometer
D.Rain gauge
Explanation: A barometer measures atmospheric pressure. Falling pressure often signals approaching unsettled weather.
10Ireland's climate is best described as which type?
A.Hot desert climate
B.Tropical rainforest climate
C.Temperate oceanic (mild and moist)
D.Polar ice-cap climate
Explanation: Ireland has a temperate oceanic climate: mild winters, cool summers, and rainfall distributed through the year, strongly influenced by the Atlantic.

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