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Wilderness Survival

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Which map provides more detail - a 7.5-minute map or a 15-minute map?
A 7.5-minute map
Iron in rocks
Wet - rainy conditions
Rise or be lifted

2. Every 5th contour line is darker in color. This line is called an __ contour line.
Index
Convection
Exercise
In the extremities

3. All others factors being equal - when air rises in a cloudy sky it cools at the rate of __degrees/1000ft.
Rise or be lifted
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Highest thing around
12 hours

4. Orographic lifting is the lifting of air over a _____ barrier.
Equinoxes
Fat
4 maps
Mountain

5. Three blasts of a whistle means ____.
Heat production
Help - a distress call
5 seconds
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles

6. Magnetic north and __________ are not the same.
Rise or be lifted
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Geographic north
Magnetic north pole

7. High altitude begins at what elevation?
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
Severe
8000 feet
Increases

8. R.I.C.E
Cotton
1:24000
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
1)Remove from source of cold and protect 2)Remove all wet clothing and replace with dry clothes 3)Hydrate and maintain blood sugar 4)Have the person exercise.

9. Giardia lamblia is a ____
60 minutes
Mild
Protozoa
23.5

10. Sound - including thunder - travels about a mile in __ seconds near the ground.
5 seconds
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
Severe
Moderate

11. For significant precipitation to form - air must...
Rise or be lifted
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
Minimize impact
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin

12. Describe the difference between filtering water and purifying water.
Sterilizing
Equinoxes
Highest thing around
1:2

13. Can't perform complex mental tasks. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Mild
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Polaris
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water

14. The average apparent motion of the sun across the sky is ____ degrees per hour.
15
Iodine water purification tablets
Cooling systems
Sterilizing

15. Heat loss due to physical contact with a cooler object is called ___
Rise or be lifted
A 7.5-minute map
23.5
Conduction

16. Sweating is a form of ___ heat loss.
Biodegradable soap
Evaporation
Fresh water fish
4 maps

17. Clouds do not block...
Magnetic north pole
UV radiation
Mild
Minimize impact

18. List - in order - the treatment for mild hypothermia.
25 times faster
1)Remove from source of cold and protect 2)Remove all wet clothing and replace with dry clothes 3)Hydrate and maintain blood sugar 4)Have the person exercise.
1:2
Head region

19. The kind of air space that exists between fibers and is responsible for trapping body heat is called ___ air space.
Oxygen - fuel - heat
Dead
Moderate
The point the lost person was last seen

20. You are going on a solo backcountry hike for a full day. Describe the information you would convey to your roommate or friend before leaving - about your hike and the protocols to follow if you are not back by nightfall.

21. The earth's axis is tilted _____ degrees from vertical.
1)Remove from source of cold and protect 2)Remove all wet clothing and replace with dry clothes 3)Hydrate and maintain blood sugar 4)Have the person exercise.
23.5
15
Oxygen - fuel - heat

22. Generally speaking - a lightning bolt will hit the...
Internal temperature
Mild
Highest thing around
12 hours

23. If you set up camp in a pristine area - you should move camp every day to...
Exercise
Minimize impact
12 hours
200 feet

24. As you gain elevation - the percentage of O2 in the air...
25 times faster
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Increases

25. The mechanism of heat loss that is the most common when the body is at rest is ___
12 hours
Head region
Sterilizing
Radiation

26. What is the first core organ to exhibit signs of being affected by hypothermia?
15
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Brain
2 degrees

27. What is the value of declination in the Eugene area?
17 degrees
Red end
60 degrees
Increases

28. Heat cramps will occur if a person is...
UV radiation
Level of dehydration
Not adequately hydrated
Equidistant

29. All _____________ are non-poisonous
Fresh water fish
Mountain
25 times faster
Map with trail head marked and planned route. What time you should be home in the evening - and if you aren't back by early morning then call the county sheriff to get a search started.

30. _______ are shorter in the summer than they are in the winter.
15 minutes
1:2
Shadows
A 7.5-minute map

31. Ataxia. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
8000 feet
Internal temperature
Moderate
Rise or be lifted

32. Name the three parts of the fire triangle.
Mountain
Oxygen - fuel - heat
60 minutes
5 seconds

33. At rest - the majority of heat production does not occur in the...
Level of dehydration
Head region
Sterilizing
Slow jog

34. How many 7.5-minute maps are required to represent the same area as one 15-minute map?
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
Rise or be lifted
4 maps
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea

35. Humans do not inherently acquire a...
Moderate
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
Index
Sense of direction

36. What is the ratio of shelter insulation on top to ground cover?
Convection
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Mild
1:2

37. What is the first step you should take when you become lost?
Moderate
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
15

38. An initial reaction of the body when it attempts to cool itself is to dilate the blood vessels...
In the extremities
Sense of direction
Equinoxes
Iodine water purification tablets

39. Glucose (blood sugar) is the only fuel normally used by...
Convection
Radiation
Mild
Brain cells

40. 7.5-minute maps made by the USGS generally span how many miles north to south? East to west?
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
4 maps
Moderate
15 minutes

41. ________ is a naturally occurring mineral that can deflect the compass needle.
South of west
Iron in rocks
8000 feet
Dead

42. Heat stroke is a life-threatening...
Help - a distress call
Heat injury
Evaporation
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin

43. A small cave - Beneath a lone tree
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
A 7.5-minute map
5 seconds
Cloudless= 5 degrees

44. Shivering stops. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Severe
North-south
Wash your dishes in a stream
1)Remove from source of cold and protect 2)Remove all wet clothing and replace with dry clothes 3)Hydrate and maintain blood sugar 4)Have the person exercise.

45. S.U.R.V.I.V.A.L
Cloudless= 5 degrees
S-size up the situation u- undo haste makes waste r- remember where you are v- vanquish rear and doubt i- improvise v- value living a- act like the natives l- learn basic skill - live by your witts
Mild
The point the lost person was last seen

46. Loss of body heat to circulating wind is called ___.
Convection
60 minutes
Increases
15

47. A person with ____________ has lost the ability to rewarm on her/his own.
Dead
Oxygen - fuel - heat
2 degrees
Moderate hypothermia

48. Lines of latitude run __________ from each other.
Level of dehydration
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
Equidistant
Help - a distress call

49. Humans have very efficient...
17 degrees
Not adequately hydrated
Cooling systems
The county sheriff

50. The locations of the ______ is not fixed.
Sense of direction
Wet - rainy conditions
Magnetic north pole
S-size up the situation u- undo haste makes waste r- remember where you are v- vanquish rear and doubt i- improvise v- value living a- act like the natives l- learn basic skill - live by your witts