Giants Causeway

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Giants Causeway Belfast, Irealnd
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The Giants 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.
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Giants Causeway was formed 60 million years
ago. What Epoch, Period, and Era was that
in? (Use the ESRTs)
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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
• Giants Causeway.
• What major event occurred about 5 million years
  before the
• formation of the Giants Causeway?

• Would you be able to find any rocks the same age
  as the formation
• of the Giants Causeway in New York State?
  Explain.