WorksheetsAltitude and Adaptation
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 4mins
While planning a trek to Mount Everest, Jen and Laura learned that at an altitude of 8,848 meters, the barometric pressure is approximately ________ of what it is at sea level. Can you help them figure it out?
10%
25%
33%
50%
During a school trip to Mount Everest, Molly and Andy started feeling unwell. What is the main cause of their sickness, also known as AMS?
Decreased heart rate
Increased oxygen levels
Low oxygen deprivation
High blood pressure
Cy and Jen are planning a hiking trip to Mount Everest. They are curious about what happens to the volume of plasma in their blood when they are at high altitudes. Can you help them understand?
It increases
It decreases
It remains the same
It becomes thicker
Andy and Amy are planning a hiking trip to a high altitude location. They read that their breathing might increase at high altitudes. What is this process called?
Hemoglobin concentration
Ventilatory acclimatization
Carotid chemoreceptors
Plasma volume
Mel and Cy are planning a hiking trip to a high altitude location. What could potentially happen to them if their blood vessels in the brain dilate at such high altitudes?
They might experience increased blood flow
They might have fluid buildup in the brain
They might have decreased blood pressure
Their blood vessels might constrict
During their mountain climbing expedition, Jen and Laura experienced some severe conditions. What are these conditions called that can occur at high altitudes?
HACE and HAPE
AMS and HACE
HAPE and AMS
HACE and AMS
During a school trip to the Himalayas, Jen, Breanna, Andy, Amy, and Laura were discussing about altitude sickness. Andy, who has read a lot about this, mentioned that a certain group of people have genetic advantages to prevent minor altitude sickness. Who was he referring to?
Climbers
Scientists
Tibetans and South Americans
People with high blood pressure
During their mountaineering expedition, what have Andy and Amy proved over the last century?
People can't go higher than scientists like Cy thought
People like Mel and Molly can adapt to any altitude
Altitude sickness, as experienced by Mel, is not real
Altitude adaptation, as demonstrated by Molly, is impossible
