United KingdomSociety 70 · A modern society
The Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland is made of thousands of stone columns. How were they formed?
- aThey were carved by Roman builders for a coastal fort
- bBy lava from a volcanic eruption millions of years agoCorrect answer
- cThe sea cut them out of chalk cliffs over thousands of years
- dFrom an ancient coral reef that dried out and cracked
Why?
The Giant's Causeway, on the north coast of County Antrim, has about 40,000 basalt columns made by cooling lava from a volcanic eruption around 50 to 60 million years ago. A legend says that a giant built it.
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