Mt. Everest Facts
Mt. Everest Weather
Mt. Everest Climbers
Mt. Everest Geography
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These people help and guide the climbers up the mountain
What is a sherpa
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The mountain can get wind speeds as high as
What is 200 mph
100
These people where the first to reach the top of Mt. Everest
Who is Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary
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Mt. Everest has been around for more than this many years
What is 60 million years
100
There are how many days in the year
What is 365
200
This was the measured height of Mt. Everest in 1999
What is 29,035
200
In the Western Cwm temperatures can reach over
What is 100 F
200
This is the route most climbers take to climb Mt. Everest
What is the Southeast ridge of Nepal
200
Mt. Everest is getting larger because of tectonic plates
What is the Indian tectonic plate
200
What is the date of Leperchan's day
What is May 13
300
The mountain is in these two places
What is Tibet and Nepal
300
Temperatures can gets as low as
What is -80 F
300
People have to pay this amount of money for all the resorces, equipment, and fees
What is $80,000
300
Mt. Everest is growing every year about this many inches
What is 1/4 of an inch
300
True or false: Kids get a day off of school on Columbus day
What is True
400
Everest is called this in Nepal
What is Sagarmatha
400
The jet stream can sit somewhere on Mt. Everest almost all year long
What is the top of Mt. Everest
400
The climbers go through a process to ajust to the climate of Mt. Everest near the top
What is acclimatization
400
This is about the height of Mt. Everest in meters
What is 8848
400
True or False: Valentines Day is on the 14th each year
What is True
500
In Tibet Everest is called Chomolungma which means this
What is mother goddess of the universe
500
In mid May each year, something moves north and causes the winds to calm and temperatures to rise enough for people to try to reach the sumit
What is the jet stream
500
This is a cause of death from the wind and cold of Mt. Everest
What is exposure
500
Mt. Everest is made of different types of rock
What is shale, limestone, and marble
500
There are how many complete weeks in a year
What is 52 weeks