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Mt. Everest Glossary Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the gradual process whereby the body adapts to functioning at lower air pressures found at high altitudes?

a)

Altitude

b)

Acclimation

c)

Base Camp

d)

Frostbite

2.

What is the term for height above sea level?

a)

Altitude

b)

Acclimation

c)

Col

d)

Glacier

3.

Illness climbers can get when they climb above 10,000 feet is called ______.

a)

Frostbite

b)

Altitude Sickness

c)

Crevasse

d)

Cornice

4.

A member of the religion that adheres to the teachings of Buddha is called a ______.

a)

Buddhist

b)

Carabiner

c)

Cwm

d)

Col

5.

An overhanging mass of hardened snow at the edge of a ridge is known as a ______.

a)

Cornice

b)

Cwm

c)

Crevasse

d)

Glacier

6.

What is the life-threatening medical condition brought on by climbing too high or too quickly?

a)

Hypothermia

b)

HACE, HAPE

c)

Icefall

d)

Summit

7.

Hypothermia is the condition of having a body temperature substantially ______.

a)

A) above normal

b)

B) below normal

c)

C) at normal

d)

D) fluctuating

8.

An Ice Pick is a tool used for ______ ice or securing oneself while climbing over ice.

a)

melting

b)

chopping

c)

painting

d)

measuring

9.

Lhotse is a mountain just south of which famous peak?

a)

K2

b)

Everest

c)

Kilimanjaro

d)

Denali

10.

A Petzl Ascender is a mechanical device that climbers attach to a ______.

a)

rope

b)

ice pick

c)

oxygen tank

d)

summit

11.

Who is a person that carries supplies during a climb?

a)

Sherpa

b)

Porter

c)

Sirdar

d)

Guide

12.

To descend a steep surface using a double rope is called ______.

a)

Rappel

b)

Traverse

c)

Summit

d)

Trek

13.

A Sirdar is a leader on a ______ expedition.

a)

fishing

b)

mountaineering

c)

desert

d)

jungle

14.

The South Col is a mountain pass between Mount Everest and which other mountain?

a)

K2

b)

Lhotse

c)

Kilimanjaro

d)

Denali

15.

A journey on foot that involves considerable effort is called a ______.

a)

Trek

b)

Summit

c)

Traverse

d)

Rappel