WorksheetsMt. Everest Glossary Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is the gradual process whereby the body adapts to functioning at lower air pressures found at high altitudes?
Altitude
Acclimation
Base Camp
Frostbite
What is the term for height above sea level?
Altitude
Acclimation
Col
Glacier
Illness climbers can get when they climb above 10,000 feet is called ______.
Frostbite
Altitude Sickness
Crevasse
Cornice
A member of the religion that adheres to the teachings of Buddha is called a ______.
Buddhist
Carabiner
Cwm
Col
An overhanging mass of hardened snow at the edge of a ridge is known as a ______.
Cornice
Cwm
Crevasse
Glacier
What is the life-threatening medical condition brought on by climbing too high or too quickly?
Hypothermia
HACE, HAPE
Icefall
Summit
Hypothermia is the condition of having a body temperature substantially ______.
A) above normal
B) below normal
C) at normal
D) fluctuating
An Ice Pick is a tool used for ______ ice or securing oneself while climbing over ice.
melting
chopping
painting
measuring
Lhotse is a mountain just south of which famous peak?
K2
Everest
Kilimanjaro
Denali
A Petzl Ascender is a mechanical device that climbers attach to a ______.
rope
ice pick
oxygen tank
summit
Who is a person that carries supplies during a climb?
Sherpa
Porter
Sirdar
Guide
To descend a steep surface using a double rope is called ______.
Rappel
Traverse
Summit
Trek
A Sirdar is a leader on a ______ expedition.
fishing
mountaineering
desert
jungle
The South Col is a mountain pass between Mount Everest and which other mountain?
K2
Lhotse
Kilimanjaro
Denali
A journey on foot that involves considerable effort is called a ______.
Trek
Summit
Traverse
Rappel
