WorksheetsHighest Mountain Range
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 4mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A summit is the highest point of the mountain
a)
True
b)
False
2.
What mountain range is Mt. Everest in?
a)
Himalayas
b)
Rocky Mountains
c)
Alps
d)
Ural Mountains
3.
Where is Mount Everest?
a)
Between Nepal and Tibet
b)
Pennsylvania
c)
Las Vegas, Nevada
d)
France
4.
What year did Sir Edmund Hillary, Tenzing Norgay, and their crew reach the summit of Mt. Everest?
a)
1945
b)
1953
c)
1999
d)
2001
5.
How did Mount Everest form?
a)
From rocks, dirt, and soil
b)
It formed 50 million years ago
c)
It grew from the ground up
d)
Two large plates, or slabs, of Earth's crust smashed into each other.
6.
Why do most climbers of Mount Everest need to use bottled oxygen to make their final climb?
a)
The air at the top of extremely polluted.
b)
Many climbers are too scared of of the height to breathe normally.
c)
The air at the summit has very little oxygen.
d)
It allows them to climb to
7.
Much of Everest is covered by
a)
glaciers
b)
grass
c)
trash
d)
rocks
8.
Which of the following NOT one of the dangers climbers encounter on Mt. Everest?
a)
cold weather
b)
avalanches
c)
the Yeti (abominable snowman)
d)
thin air
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