Surviving Mount Everest comprehension
They help a climber stay balanced.
According to the graphic feature "survival equipment", how do climbers use you trekking polls?
Ladders are used to cross cracks in the ice.
From the text and graphic features, what do you learn about the type of ladders climbers use?
They have to watch out for snowstorm.
Give one detail that supports the idea that climbers must face many dangers when they try to reach the top of Mount Everest.
informational text
In what genre does this text below?
Where the base camps are located.
What can a reader learn from the image in the "camp to camp" section?
They had similar accomplishments. The climbing equipment used in 1953 is similar to the equipment that is used now.
What can the reader guess from the picture of sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay?
to inform
What do you think is the authors purpose?
Warming temperatures are changing the mountain.
What idea of the following statement support. "...as earth gets warmer, mountain glaciers are melting."
The problems are global warming and pollution.
What problem is Mount Everest facing today?
Asia
Where is Mount Everest?
Michael Sandler
Who is the author of the text?
There is no illustrator.
Who is the illustrator?
To show where all of the mountain ranges are located.
Why does the author include a map of the world?
There is not enough oxygen for climbers at the top of Mount Everest.
Why is it dangerous for climbers to spend more than 10 minutes at the top of Mount Everest?
