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Leaving Cert Exam Layout:
Higher and Ordinary
 Leaving Cert Exam Layout and Assessment
Part 1 These questions come from Higher Level
12 Short Answer Physical, Regional and 10 X 8 (80m)
Questions Skills. Ordinary Level
10 X 10 (100m)

Part 2 –Core
Higher Level (80m)
Physical (Qs: 1,2,3) 3 ques answer 1
Ordinary Level (100m)

Higher Level (80m)

Regional (Qs: 4,5,6) 3 ques answer 1
Ordinary Level (100m)
Elective-
Human Geography Higher Level (80m)
(Qs: 10,11,12) 3 ques answer 1 Ordinary level (100m)

**Option- Describe 3-4 aspects in

Geo-ecology 3 ques answer 1 detail (80m)
(Higher only) (Essay Style Question)

Field Higher & Ord (100m)

investigation/project (20%)

Exam duration: 2hr 50 min

 Leaving Cert Exam Layout and Assessment
Part 1 These questions come from Higher Level
12 Short Answer Physical, Regional and 10 X 8 (80m)
Questions Skills. Ordinary Level
10 X 10 (100m)

Part 2 –Core
Higher Level (80m)
Physical (Qs: 1,2,3) 3 ques answer 1
Ordinary Level (100m)

Higher Level (80m)

Regional (Qs: 4,5,6) 3 ques answer 1
Ordinary Level (100m)
Elective-
Human Geography Higher Level (80m)
(Qs: 10,11,12) 3 ques answer 1 Ordinary level (100m)

**Option- Describe 3-4 aspects in

Geo-ecology 3 ques answer 1 detail (80m)
(Higher only) (Essay Style Question)

Field Higher & Ord (100m)

investigation/project (20%)

Exam duration: 2hr 50 min

 Core unit 1

Physical Geography
•Plate tectonics
•Volcanoes
•Earthquakes
•Fold mountains
•Rivers
•Glaciation
•Coasts
•Rocks
 Leaving Cert Exam Layout and Assessment
Part 1 These questions come from Higher Level
12 Short Answer Physical, Regional and 10 X 8 (80m)
Questions Skills. Ordinary Level
10 X 10 (100m)

Part 2 –Core
Higher Level (80m)
Physical (Qs: 1,2,3) 3 ques answer 1
Ordinary Level (100m)

Higher Level (80m)

Regional (Qs: 4,5,6) 3 ques answer 1
Ordinary Level (100m)
Elective-
Human Geography Higher Level (80m)
(Qs: 10,11,12) 3 ques answer 1 Ordinary level (100m)

**Option- Describe 3-4 aspects in

Geo-ecology 3 ques answer 1 detail (80m)
(Higher only) (Essay Style Question)

Field Higher & Ord (100m)

investigation/project (20%)

Exam duration: 2hr 50 min

 Core unit 2

Regional Geography

•Irish region (East/West)

•European region (Paris
Basin/Mezzogiorno)
•Sub-continental regions (India)
 Leaving Cert Exam Layout and Assessment
Part 1 These questions come from Higher Level
12 Short Answer Physical, Regional and 10 X 8 (80m)
Questions Skills. Ordinary Level
10 X 10 (100m)

Part 2 –Core
Higher Level (80m)
Physical (Qs: 1,2,3) 3 ques answer 1
Ordinary Level (100m)

Higher Level (80m)

Regional (Qs: 4,5,6) 3 ques answer 1
Ordinary Level (100m)
Elective-
Human Geography Higher Level (80m)
(Qs: 10,11,12) 3 ques answer 1 Ordinary level (100m)

**Option- Describe 3-4 aspects in

Geo-ecology 3 ques answer 1 detail (80m)
(Higher only) (Essay Style Question)

Field Higher & Ord (100m)

investigation/project (20%)

Exam duration: 2hr 50 min

 •Overpopulation
•Migration
Elective •Settlement
•Urban problems
•Developing world
problems

Human Geography
 Leaving Cert Exam Layout and Assessment
Part 1 These questions come from Higher Level
12 Short Answer Physical, Regional and 10 X 8 (80m)
Questions Skills. Ordinary Level
10 X 10 (100m)

Part 2 –Core
Higher Level (80m)
Physical (Qs: 1,2,3) 3 ques answer 1
Ordinary Level (100m)

Higher Level (80m)

Regional (Qs: 4,5,6) 3 ques answer 1
Ordinary Level (100m)
Elective-
Human Geography Higher Level (80m)
(Qs: 10,11,12) 3 ques answer 1 Ordinary level (100m)

**Option- Describe 3-4 aspects in

Geo-ecology 3 ques answer 1 detail (80m)
(Higher only) (Essay Style Question)

Field Higher & Ord (100m)

investigation/project (20%)

Exam duration: 2hr 50 min

 •Biomes
•Soils

Option/higher level only

Geo-Ecology
 Leaving Cert Exam Layout and Assessment
Part 1 These questions come from Higher Level
12 Short Answer Physical, Regional and 10 X 8 (80m)
Questions Skills. Ordinary Level
10 X 10 (100m)

Part 2 –Core
Higher Level (80m)
Physical (Qs: 1,2,3) 3 ques answer 1
Ordinary Level (100m)

Higher Level (80m)

Regional (Qs: 4,5,6) 3 ques answer 1
Ordinary Level (100m)
Elective-
Human Geography Higher Level (80m)
(Qs: 10,11,12) 3 ques answer 1 Ordinary level (100m)

**Option- Describe 3-4 aspects in

Geo-ecology 3 ques answer 1 detail (80m)
(Higher only) (Essay Style Question)

Field Higher & Ord (100m)

investigation/project (20%)

Exam duration: 2hr 50 min

Careers in Geography
 Teaching
 Computer mapping
 Urban planner/Town planner
 Climatologist
 Engineering
 Environmental Management
 Pollution analyst
 Meteorology
 Remote sensing analyst
 Cartographer
 Demographic Analyst
 Geology
 Hydrologist
 Soil conservationist
 Accepted as a Science subject
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