Are you ready to climb?

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Are you ready to climb?
Mount Everest
2
How tall is Mount Everest?

• A. 5,820 feet
• B. 29,035 feet.
• C. 74,620 feet

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• Super! The summit of Mount Everest is 29,035 feet
  above sea level. That's about five and a half
  miles. Everest's peak is the highest point on the
  entire planet.

4
Mount Everest is part of which mountain range?

• A- Alps
• B- Catskills
• C- Himalaya

5

• That's right! Mount Everest is part of the
  Himalaya range in Asia. The Himalayas include
  many of Earth's tallest mountains.

6
Climbers must constantly watch out for snow, ice,
or rock that could come sliding down the
mountain. What is the name for this danger?

• A- avalanche
• B- Blizzard
• C- Typhoon

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• Avalanches make mountain climbing dangerouseven
  deadly.

8
The Sherpas are a group of people famous for
helping climbers scale Mount Everest. Which
country do most Sherpas live in?

• A- Brazil
• B- India
• C- Nepal

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• Most Sherpas live in Nepal, although some live in
  India. Traditionally, Sherpas were farmers and
  herders. Now about half work with climbers.

10
Tenzing Norgay (left) and Edmund Hillary (right)
were the first people to reach the top of
Everest. When did they make their historic climb?

• A- 1902
• B- 1953
• C- 1985

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• Hillary and Norgay climbed into history in May
  1953. Their sons celebrated the 50th anniversary
  of that achievement by climbing Everest together.

12
Everest can make climbers sick really. What
happens?

• A- Climbers do not get enough oxygen.
• B- Climbers do not get enough protein.
• C- Exhaustion.

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• That answer is a real breath of fresh air! As
  climbers go higher, they find less and less
  oxygen in the air. That can cause illness or even
  death. To avoid health problems, most Everest
  climbers bring tanks of oxygen.

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Scientists believe that Everest and its neighbors
are about 50 million years old. How did the
mountains form?

• A- A volcano erupted, creating peaks of lava.
• B- Earthquakes formed them.
• C- Plates in the Earth's crust bumped together.

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• Earth's crust is made up of large pieces, called
  plates. They move slowly over millions of years.
  When plates bump together, their smashed-up edges
  sometimes form mountains.

16
Mount Everest straddles the border of Nepal and
what other country?

• A- China
• B- France
•  C- India

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• A- China

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How long does it take to climb Mount Everest?

• A- 3 weeks
• B- 4 months
• C- 9 weeks

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• 9 Weeks.

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How much does it cost?

• 65,000