Mount Everest 411

Why are people so interested in Everest? 

• It's the tallest mountain in the world
• It's in the United States
• It's the biggest ocean in the world
• It is 5,280 feet tall

How many feet are in a mile?

• 5000 feet
• 2800 feet
• 5,280 feet
• 2,580 feet

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.

Where is Mount Everest?

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

What is the definition of the word "slopes".

• units of length, each measuring 5,280 feet
• steeply slanted areas of ground
• a very high area of rocky land that has steep hillsides
• measurements of how hot or cold things are, in degrees

Erik Weihenmayer was ____________.

• the first person to ever climb Mount Everest
• the first blind person ever to climb Mount Everest
• the first man to ever climb Mount Everest
• the first person with the longest last name in the world to climb Mount Everest