The Colca Canyon in southern Peru is one of the deepest canyon systems on Earth. This land used to be on the bottom of the ocean and then was uplifted before being eroded to its current form. This, the Mirador Cruz del Cóndor, is at an elevation of 3794 masl.
You have two main activities with this lesson. The first is a Google Earth scavenger hunt for geologic features around South America. What do you wonder about them? Challenge yourself in answering some of your questions.
The second activity are magnet summaries about the layers of Earth.
Hewitt, P. G. (2010). In Conceptual Integrated Science Explorations (pp. 676-682). Addison-Wesley.
You may complete this optional quiz to check your understanding of the material and the quality of your magnet summaries: Earth's Four Layers
Accurately label the following terms in your unit summative, as they pertain the geologic layers—
Lithosphere (Oceanic and Continental Crusts + Upper Mantle)
Asthenosphere (Upper Mantle)
Lower mantle
Core
Density
