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Giants Causeway Belfast, Irealnd

Giants Causeway Belfast, Irealnd. The Giant’s Causeway is composed of basalt columns that are packed together. . There are about 37,000 of these stone columns. Most are six sided, but some are 4, 5, 7, and 8 sided. Giant’s Causeway was formed 60 million years ago.

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Giants Causeway Belfast, Irealnd

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  1. Giants Causeway Belfast, Irealnd

  2. The Giant’s Causeway is composed of basalt columns that are packed together. There are about 37,000 of these stone columns. Most are six sided, but some are 4, 5, 7, and 8 sided.

  3. Giant’s Causeway was formed 60 million years ago. What Epoch, Period, and Era was that in? (Use the ESRT’s)

  4. Plant fossils below show that lava erupted over vegetation and that the climate of Ireland was once semi-tropical. Group Discussion Answer the following questions within your group. We will discuss the answers as a class. • Name some other fossils that you may find in the columns of the • Giant’s Causeway. • What major event occurred about 5 million years before the • formation of the Giant’s Causeway? • Would you be able to find any rocks the same age as the formation • of the Giant’s Causeway in New York State? Explain.

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