Mount Everest

A summit is the highest point of the mountain

• True
• False

What mountain range is Mt. Everest in?

• Himalayas
• Rocky Mountains
• Alps
• Ural Mountains

Where is Mount Everest?

• Between Nepal and Tibet
• Pennsylvania
• Las Vegas, Nevada
• France

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What year did Sir Edmund Hillary, Tenzing Norgay, and their crew reach the summit of Mt. Everest?

• 1945
• 1953
• 1999
• 2001

How did Mount Everest form? 

• From rocks, dirt, and soil
• It formed 50 million years ago
• It grew from the ground up
•  Two large plates, or slabs, of Earth's crust smashed into each other.

Why do most climbers of Mount Everest need to use bottled oxygen to make their final climb?

• The air at the top of extremely polluted.
• Many climbers are too scared of of the height to breathe normally.
• The air at the summit has very little oxygen.
• It allows them to climb to

Much of Everest is covered by

• glaciers
• grass
• trash
• rocks

Which of the following NOT one of the dangers climbers encounter on Mt. Everest?

• cold weather
• avalanches
• the Yeti (abominable snowman)
• thin air

Why does Mount Everest continue to grow taller every year?

• More and more snow continues to pile onto the top each year.
• The tectonic plates beneath it are still pushing against each other. 
• Frequent volcanic eruptions
• Eroded rock from other mountains builds on top of it.

Sherpa means:

• A clan of people originally from Mexico
• The leader on a mountaineering expedition
• A clan of people originally from Tibet
• A member of a religion