1. Organ Pipes National Park Allanah Garnett

2. Contents Page Location Map 1 Location Map 2 Creation 2B Organ Pipes Rosette Rock Ecology Habitats Tessellated Pavement Table #1 Table #2 Table #3 My Map Bibliography

3. Location Map

4. Location Map #2 Organ Pipes National Park Newport

5. The Organ Pipes were formed about a million years ago when a massive lava flow spread everywhere by a nearby volcano eruption. The runny lava flowed down hill causing the waterfall effect of the organ pipes. The rock itself that creates the effect of the Organ Pipes are created by a hard dark rock called basalt, much of which are pocketed with small air bubbles. Rising 20 meters in height, this example of basaltic columns are up to one meter across and are in hexagonal in cross section. Only a few of the columns are straight and vertical. Others are very much tilted, some almost horizontal. The pipes where originally formed into crystals but the erosion and the mud and the dirt made it into rock. The Rosette Rock, was exposed to horizontal erosion. It was formed by the radial cooling of a pocket of lava, probably in a spherical cave formed from an earlier lava flow. The erosion caused it to be covered in dirt. Instead of the vertical faces being visible like the organ pipes, it’s the horizontal faces that we see. The columns are hexagonal, but many have sides of unequal and there may be from four to eight sides on each column.

6. The sphere that is most dominant in this Volcanic Environment is Lithosphere, because most of the land forms are made of rock and dirt. There is some biosphere were the creek is. (only? Why?)

7. Organ Pipes Picture Organ Pipes Grass Red Gum Trees Shrubs Jackson' s Creek

8. Rosette Rock Trees and shrubs Hill tree Radial center Jackson’s creek The Rosette Rock has changed over time. The sun has dried the rock causing cracks. The wind causes erosion. And the rain causes rock slides. There is also some moss on the grass because its close to a creek. Moss

9. Ecology Wall Habitats Grassland Habitats Riparian Habitats Steep Valley Habitats The animals that would live in these wall habitats are reptiles like lizards and snakes. The animals that live in this habitat are fish, Platypus and frogs. The animals that live in this habitat are Wallabies. The animals that live in this habitat are kangaroos.

10. Habitats Riparian Habitats: The plants that are found in this habitat are mosses and fungi. The other plants that are in this habitat are weeds in the water. The animals that are found in this habitat are fish, platypus and frogs. Steep Valley Habitats: The plant that are found in this habitat are big trees, little shrubs and prickly pear weeds The animals that are found in this environment are kangaroos, birds, bats. Grassland Habitats: The plants that are found in this habitat are wallabies grass, kangaroo grass and trees and shrubs. The animals that live in this environment are kangaroos and wallabies. The most dominant sphere at the Organ Pipes National Park is Lithosphere, because of all the rock features in this park. (so?)

11. Tessellated Pavement Trees and shrubs. Tessellated Pavement The harsh environment changes that occurred is erosion, the sun causing crack in the rock, the wind and the rain causing rock slides. The animals and plant that live in this environment are, trees, shrubs and bats. (so? effect on animals and plants?)

12. Human ActivitiesImpactRank Tourism Tourism at the park would cause changes to the park if people took things with them or left rubbish at the park, it could have a big impact on the plants and animals environments. The noise the people make would be sound pollution 5 The freeway The freeway would impact on the animals that live in the park the noise is polluting. 4 Racetrack The racetrack would be really loud, the impact on the animals would be the noise would be too much. 3 Farmers If the farmers put any pesticides on his crop it could wash down to the creek and cause poisoning to the animals that live there 2 Neighboring houses If neighboring houses have pets it would have an impact on the animals that live in the park, the pets could come and kill the animals in the park. 1

13. Protect The Environment From People ManagementImpactsEffectiveness Signs Warning signs that tell people that they cant go down a certain path, to protect anything that might be damaged by tourists Allow things to develop and grow. Fences protects the landforms so that people don’t touch So that people don’t touch anything that might get destroyed Barriers Protects the plants and animals So that people don’t touch animals or plants that might be destroyed. Paths So that people don’t walk on vegetation Allow things to grow. Lookouts People don’t walk on landforms that need protection Allow vegetation to grow

14. Protect People From The Environment ManagementImpactsEffectiveness Signs For directionSo people don’t go down the wrong way and get lost. Fences Nothing falls on anyone, like rock slides. Rocks don’t fall on tourists Paths So people don’t get lost People know how to get back without getting lost. Barriers Blocks out dangersTourists are safe.

15. My Map Organ Pipes Nation al Park Remove the racetrack or relocate it, the noise is polluting the habitats at the national park Calder Fwy Make fences around the houses and the parks so that pets don’t go into the park to kill animals. On Calder freeway, put up speed limit sign at night time to let drivers know that kangaroos might be on the roads at that time. Farmers are not to put any pesticides on there land it could run into the creek when ii rains. If they must they should put really big fences

16. Bibliography http://home.vicnet.net.au/~foopnp/ http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/1park_display.cfm?park=167 http:///www.googleearth.com http://www.flashearth.com/