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Junior Cycle GeographyAssessment Items
The sample material presented has been prepared to support teacher professional development. It offers a broad
indication of types and formats of assessment items that might be used to assess the learning outcomes in the Junior
Cycle Geography Specification at common level, but it is not a complete set of the types and formats that may be used.
The items included should be read as examples of individual pieces of assessment material; they do not constitute full
or partial examination papers. They are not full or partial questions from an examination paper, neither do they attempt
to replicate how the examination paper might be laid out, for example, as an integrated booklet that includes the
questions and the space for the student’s responses.
The Junior Cycle Geography Specification and Assessment Guidelines can be found on www.curriculumonline.ie.
Introduction
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Sample 1
1. WhatdoestheDemographicTransitionModelasseenaboveshow?Ticktheboxbelow
A. Theglobalpopulation
B. Therelationshipbetweendevelopmentandpopulation
C. Apopulationpyramid
D. Thedeathratesinagivenyear
Lorem
The Demographic Transition Model
High Fluctuating
STAGE 1 STAGE 2 STAGE 3 STAGE 4 STAGE 5
Early Expansion Late Expansion Low Expansion Decline
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Natural decrease
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2. Outlinehowthebirthratechangesfromstage 3 and stage 4 oftheDemographicTransitionModel.
3. AccordingtotheDemographicTransitionModel,birthratesanddeathratesaredecreasinginstage 3. Outline
THREEreasonsforthispossibledecrease.
1.
2.
3.
4. In stage 2ofthemodelweseeanaturalincreasewhileinstage 5weseeanaturaldecrease.Whatismeantby
theseterms?
Natural increase:
Natural decrease:
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5. ExplainTWO waysagovernmentusestheinformationintheDemographicTransitionModeltosupportits
citizens.
1.
2.
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BelowisaphotographofthecityofBarcelonainSpainandagraphillustratingthepopulationgrowthsince
1.5M
1950.Thepopulationisestimatedtobe5.5millionin2020.
Barcelona Population 2020 5,585,556
3M
4.5M
6M
7.5M
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
2020
2030
YEAR
POPU
LATION
2020
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6. Describe the environmental challenges a high population density poses to a city like Barcelona.
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7a. Choose ONEofthefollowingwordstodescribethepopulationdensityinyourlocalareaandgivereasonsfor
yourchoicecitingevidenceinyourlocalareatosupportthedescription.
SPARSLEY POPULATED or DENSLEY POPULATED
Descriptionoflocalarea:
Reasonsforyouranswer:
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https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-urli/urbanandrurallifeinireland2019/
7b. DescribeTWO economic OR socialopportunitiesposedbyyourlocalpopulationdensity.
YoumayusetheinfographicfromtheCentralStatisticsOfficeshownabovetoinformyouranswer.
1.
2.
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7c. Describeusingexamplestherelationshipbetweenlanduseandpopulationdensityinyourlocalarea.
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8. Accordingtothesocialjustice.ieIreland'sgrowingandageingpopulationisasuccessstory.
WehaveoneoftheyoungestpopulationsinEurope,withacomparativelyhighbirthrate.Advancesin
healthcareprovisionandhealthierfood,anincreasedawarenessofwellbeing,andimprovedstandardsofliving
moregenerallyhaveledtolowinfantmortalityratesandincreasedlifeexpectancy.(www.socialjustice.ie)
Source:SocialJusticeIreland
8a. Theinfographicaboveispredictingthepercentageofthepopulationagedover65by2051.
Whatpercentageofthepopulationispredictedtobeover65in2051?
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b. TheinformationpresentedaboveoutlineshowIrelandwillexperienceanincreaseintheagingpopulation.
ExplainTWOconsiderationsnecessaryinpreparingforthistrend.
Consideration1:
Consideration2:
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Sample 2
BelowisaphotographtakenfromthetopofCroaghPatrick,amountaininWestportCo.Mayoandamapofthearea
seen in the photograph.
TakenfromCroaghPatrick
Source:Scoilnetmaps
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1. Thereisevidenceoferosionanddepositioninthephotographabove.
Circle THREEexamplesofevidencefromthephotographthatsupportthestatement above.
Waterfall Beach Scree
Meander Sandbar
2. Identifythefollowingstatementsastrueorfalse
True False
a. Ariversourceisgenerallyfoundinhighmountainousareas
b. Anarrow,fastflowingriverwouldgenerallymeanitisinayouthfulstage
c. Itisuncommontofindasettlementalongariver
d. Soilsfoundclosetoriversarerichandfertile
e. Freezethawactionisatypeofweathering
f. Abrasionisatypeofdeposition
g. Beachesareexamplesofdeposition
h. 20,000yearsago,icecoveredmostofthecontinentofEurope
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3. ThephotographandmapaboveshowevidenceofGlacial,Weathering,MarineandFluvialprocesses.
Using THREEofthesenamed processes,describehowthelandscapehaschangedovertime.
Process1:
Process2:
Process3:
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4. Identify TWOfeaturesorlandformsinthephotographormapandexplainhowtheprocessesformedthe
feature.Supportyouranswerusingdiagrams.
Feature 1:
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Feature 2:
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5a. Youmustsetupaneconomicactivityintheareashowninthephotographandmap.Whateconomicactivity
i.e.business,industryetc.wouldyousetup?Useevidencefromthephotographormaptoexplainthefactors
thatwouldmakethistypeofeconomicactivitypossible.
Typeofeconomicactivity:
Explanation:
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5b. DescribeONEpossible positiveandONEpossible negativeimpactoftheeconomicactivity you have listed above onthearea.
Positive impact:
Negative impact:
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Sample 3
Theworldmapbelowshowscountriescategorisedbyincomegroup.
1. UseanAtlasorGlobetolisttwocountriesasshowninthemapaboveineachofthecategoriesofincome
outlined.
Lowincome:
Lowermiddleincome:
Upper middle income:
High income:
INCOME GROUP
LOW INCOME UPPER MIDDLE INCOME NALOW MIDDLE INCOME HIGH INCOME
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2. Describethepatternofdistributionofwealthglobally.RefertotheAtlasorglobetosupportyouranswer.You
maycompleteasketchorwrittenresponse.
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3. Compare TWO characteristicsofacountrycategorisedaslowincome/developingandacountrycategorisedas
highincome/developed.
1.
2.
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4a. Whateconomicactivitieswouldyouexpecttofindinadeveloping/lowincomecountry?
Circle TWO fromthelistprovided.
Farming Industrialactivity MedicalIndustry Mining
4b. Howwouldtheseeconomicactivitiesdiffertothatinadeveloped/highincomecountry? Givereasonsfor
youranswer.
5a. Irelandiscategorisedasadeveloped/highincomecountry.Describeyouraccessto:
Education:
Healthcare:
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5b. Howdoesthisdiffertoanindividualofsimilarageinadeveloping/lowincomecountry?
Education:
Healthcare:
6. Describepossiblewaysinwhichhealthcarecouldbeimprovedindeveloping/lowincomecountries?Useyour
knowledgeofdevelopmentassistancetohelpyoutoanswer.
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Sample 4
1. Fillintheblanksintheparagraphbelow.Usethewordsprovidedinthebox.
TheEarthismadeupofthreelayersconsistingoftheCrust, and .The Earth’s
crustismadeupofmanyplatesthatfittogetherlikeajigsaw.Theseplatesarecalled . The place
wheretheseplatesmeetiscalledaplateboundary.PlatesthataremovingapartarecalledDivergentorConstructive
plateboundaries,alandformassociatedwiththisboundaryis .Platesthatarecollidingareknown
asConvergentorDestructiveplateboundaries,whereoneplateispushedunderanother occurs.
plateboundariesareplatesthatareslidingpasteachother,thismaycauseabuildupofpressure
resultingin .
AnEarthquake Core AVolcano
AFoldMountain Mantle Subduction
Passive Tectonicplates Magma
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2a. Usingyourpenorpencilmarkin‘ThePacificRingofFire’onthemapabove.
2b. Describethepatternoftectonicactivityalongthe‘ThePacificRingofFire’
EURASIANPLATE
INDO-AUSTRALIANPLATE
PACIFICPLATE
ANTARTICPLATE
NORTH AMERICANPLATE
NAZCAPLATE
AFRICAN PLATE
SOUTH AMERICANPLATE
EURASIANPLATE
ARABIAN PLATE
SCOTIAPLATE
COCOSPLATE
CARIBBEANPLATE
PHILIPPINEPLATE
VOLCANO
EARTHQUAKE
PLATE MOVEMENT
PLATE BOUNDRY
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3a. ExplaintheformationofTWOdistinctlandformsassociatedwithtectonicactivity,usediagramstoaidyour
explanation.
Landform1:
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Landform2:
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3b. DrawasketchmapbasedonthemapprovidedofthelocationofONE ofthelandformsyouhaveexplained
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4a. Themapaboveshowsthedistributionofvolcanoes.Whatconclusionscanyoudrawaboutthedirectionplates
aremovingatthelocationofavolcano?Youmaysupportyouranswerwithdiagrams.
5. Volcanicactivityinanareacanbringdestructionandriskbutalsoprovidesmanysocial, environmental, and
economicbenefitstotheareaandcountry.ChooseONEfromthelistbelowandexplainthebenefitsof
volcanicactivity.SOCIAL/ENVIRONMENTAL/ECONOMIC
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6. In2010twoEarthquakesoccurredofsimilarmagnitudeandsimilardepthandclosetobuiltupareas.One
oftheseearthquakesoccurredinChristchurch,NewZealand,theotherinPort-au-PrinceHaiti.Haiti
experienceddevastatingresultscomparedtoNewZealandwhichexperiencedmilddamage.Haitiislocated
onanislandintheCaribbean.Itisclassifiedasalow-incomecountry.Itisdenselypopulatedwithmanyofits
populationlivinginextremepoverty.NewZealandisanislandlocatedinthePacificOcean.Itisclassifiedasa
high-incomecountry.StandardoflivingisveryhighinNewZealand.
ChristchurchNewZealand,AlamyStockPhoto,NorbertEisele-Hein
PortauPrinceHaiti,AlamyStockPhoto,NICOLASJosé/hemis.fr
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ExplainTHREE factorsthatmayhavecausedtheeffectstobefeltworseinHaiti.
Factor Explanation
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Sample 5
1. Matchthecorrectrocktypewiththeimagebelow.Source:www.gsi.ie
Shale Marble Granite
2. Fillinthefollowingtable
Category Formation Characteristics Humanuses/Economicuses?
Igneous MagmafromtheEarth’scorecooledtoformrock.
Sedimentary Manysedimentscompactedtogethertoformrock.
Metamorphic Rocksthathavechangedduetoextremeheatand/orpressure
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3. RockexploitationinIrelandprovidesmanyadvantagesanddisadvantages.ExplainONEadvantageandONEdisadvantage.
Advantage
Disadvantage
4a. List TWO natural resources OTHERTHANROCKSfoundinyourlocalarea.
1.
2.
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4b. ExplainTWOwaysinwhichthenaturalresourcesareusedinyourlocality.
1.
2.
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5. DescribeTWOenvironmentalimpactsofusingrenewableenergysources.
1.
2.
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6. DescribeTHREEthingsyoucandotoreduceenergyconsumption.
1.
2.
3.
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Sample 6
BelowaretwosnapshotstakenofthesameareaofCo.GalwayfromGooglemaps.
Source:GoogleEarth
Source:GoogleMaps
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1a. UsingthesnapshotofthetwoGooglemapimagesabovewouldyouclassifythissettlement
asA) Rural or B)Urban
1b. UseTHREE piecesofevidencetoexplainyouranswer.
1.
2.
3.
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2. Discuss TWOfactorsthatwouldhaveinfluencedtheoriginofthissettlement
1.
2.
3a. IdentifyTHREEwayspeopleareinteractingwiththephysicallandscapeinthemapsabove.
1.
2.
3.
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3b. OutlinetheenvironmentalconsiderationsofONE oftheinteractionsyouhaveidentifiedabove.
4. Thereisevidenceofprimary,secondary, and tertiaryeconomicactivityinthesettlementabove.
a. Identifyevidencefromthetwogooglemapsnapshotstosupportthestatementabove.
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b. OutlinetheenvironmentalconsiderationsofONEoftheeconomic activitiesyouhaveidentifiedabove.
5. List THREEfactors thatinfluencethedevelopmentofsecondaryeconomicactivities.
1.
2.
3.
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Startingin1970,Cancún,Mexico,transformedfromanimpoverishedtownofabout100peopleintoavacation
destinationwithapermanentpopulationof740,000and2millionvisitorsperyear.Cancúnaccountsforaquarterof
Mexico'stourismrevenue.
6a. Housing,transport,andservicesweredevelopedinCancún.ChooseONEexamplefromthelistandexplain
indetailbased on the information above whattypeofdevelopmentoccurred.
Housing/Transport/Services
https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
Cancun,1985 Cancun,2019
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6b. Describe TWOpossiblesocialimplicationsoftheincreaseofinternationalvisitorsperyeartothisarea.
1.
2.
6c. WhatistherelationshipbetweenthegrowthoftourismandtheenvironmentinCancún?Referto
onepositiveOR onenegativerelationshipinyouranswer.
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Sample 7
1. Circle the PULLFACTORSinthelistbelow:
War Employment Goodhealthcare Famine Accesstoschools
2.
Definetheterm ‘Refugee’.
ThisSyrianrefugeefamilyfledtheirhomeinAleppoin2012.Whenbombingstrucktheirtown,‘within24hoursthecitywasdestroyed,’Ahmadrecalls.TheyfledtoLebanon,wheretheysharedasmallflatwithAhmad’sthreesiblingsandtheirchildren.Ahmadwasabletofindsomeworkfromtimetotime,butknewhisfuturewasbleak,especiallyashis6-yearoldsonAbdullahhaddevelopedhearingproblems.ThefamilywaseventuallyacceptedtoresettleinGermanyundertheGovernment’shumanitarianAssistanceprogramme.TheytravelledtoGermanyinSeptember2013andwereamongthefirstgroupofSyrianstoarriveinthecountryunderthis programme.
TheUNRefugeeAgency(https://www.unhcr.org/556725e69.html
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3. Descirbe TWO possible REASONSwhythefamilywouldhaveoriginallymigratedtoLebanon.Refer tothesnapshotofthe map below to inform your answer.
Source:GoogleMaps
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4a. WhatistheimpactoffamilieslikethefamilyaboverelocatingtohostcountriessuchasGermany?
b. ListTWOpositiveimpactsoffamilieslikethefamilyabovelocatingtoyourlocalarea.
1.
2.
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5. Thedatapresentedbelowrepresentschildmigrantshostedina country. Usethedatainthetabletodrawabar
graph.(Inthisdataset‘childmigrants’arepersonsaged19andunder)
Year 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
Percentage of Migrants 21% 20% `19% 15% 14% 14%
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6. Outline ONEpatternthatthetabledemonstrates.
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Sample 8
BelowisaclimographshowingthegeneralclimateinMalta.Thegraphshowsmonthlyaveragetemperatureand
monthlyaverageprecipitation.
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC0
15
30
45
60
75
90
105
0.0
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1.2
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2.4
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mm inch
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˚F ˚C
Temperature Precipitation
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1. Analysethegraphaboveandanswerthefollowingquestions(Source:https://en.climate-data.org/).
a. Basedonthedataprovided,howwouldyoucharacterisetheclimateinMalta?
b. InwhichmonthwouldyouchoosetoholidayinMalta? Provideevidencefromthegraph above.
c. Inwhatmonthistherepeakprecipitationlevels?
d. Whatisapossiblerelationshipbetween the climateinMaltaandimmigration?
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2. Choose ONEofthefollowinganddescribehowtheyaffectclimateinIreland?
a. Latitude b. Airmasses
3a. List TWOwaysIreland’seconomicactivityisrelatedtoitsclimate.
1.
2.
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3b. UsingONE exampleofeconomicactivityfromyouranswerabove,outlinethe
environmentalconsiderationsassociatedwiththateconomicactivity.
4a. ThefollowingtablehasbeensourcedfromdatasharedbyNASA
4b. ChooseTWO ofthefollowingandoutlinepossiblecausesforthechangeinrecordovertime.
CarbonDioxide/GlobalTemperature/ArcticIce/IceSheets/SeaLevel
1.
CarbonDioxide GlobalTemperature ArcticIce IceSheets SeaLevel
CarbonDioxidelevelsin the air are at their
highest in 650,000 years
Nineteenofthe20warmestyearsonrecordhaveoccurredsince
2001
In2012,Arcticsummerseaiceshranktothelowestextentonrecord
SatellitedatashowthatEarth’s polar ice sheets
are losing mass
Globalaveragesealevelhasrisennearly7”(178mm) overthepast100
years
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2.
4b. Whataretheconsequencesofclimatechangeinyourlocalarea?
4c. Inwhatwayscoulditbepossibleforpeopletoincreaseoraddtoclimatechange?