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Wilderness Survival

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the first step you should take when you become lost?
Radiation
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Protozoa
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.

2. Heat cramps will occur if a person is...
Not adequately hydrated
15 minutes
4 maps
Cooling systems

3. _________ pack more energy per gram than carbohydrates.
Equinoxes
South of west
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Fat

4. R.I.C.E
Power lines
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
Head region

5. A 15-percent loss of body fluids results in...
A 7.5-minute map
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
1:24000

6. Loss of body heat to circulating wind is called ___.
Highest thing around
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Convection
Help - a distress call

7. A majority of the energy derived from the food we eat goes into...
Lean to - A frame - Dome
Heat production
Biodegradable soap
200 feet

8. Exposure of an area to cool - wet conditions for approximately __ hours is necessary to produce trench foot.
12 hours
Conduction
Cloudless= 5 degrees
Increases

9. The earth's axis is tilted _____ degrees from vertical.
Protozoa
Moderate
Oxygen - fuel - heat
23.5

10. Name the five parts of the bow drill.
Moderate hypothermia
Increases
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
Mountain

11. Humans do not inherently acquire a...
Wet - rainy conditions
17 degrees
Sense of direction
In the extremities

12. At rest - the majority of heat production does not occur in the...
Iodine water purification tablets
Slow jog
Head region
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous

13. The ______ of the compass needle points towards magnetic north.
1:24000
5 seconds
Red end
Heat production

14. List - in order - the treatment for mild hypothermia.
15
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.
Brain
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW

15. B.L.I.S.S
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
4 miles
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle

16. What county agency organizes - and is responsible for search and rescue operations in Oregon?
The county sheriff
Moderate
Not adequately hydrated
South of west

17. Water conducts heat away from the body approximately __ times faster than air at the same temperature.
25 times faster
12 hours
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Heat production

18. How many minutes are there are there in one degree of latitude or longitude?
60 minutes
Equidistant
15
Oxygen - fuel - heat

19. A small cave - Beneath a lone tree
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Slow jog
Convection
Moderate hypothermia

20. Your thirst mechanism is not a very good indicator of your...
Fat
Biodegradable soap
North-south
Level of dehydration

21. Fine shivering. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Highest thing around
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
Mild

22. If the separation between the flash of lightning and the clap of thunder is 20 seconds - the lightning is how far away?
Cooling systems
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Polaris
4 miles

23. ___________ does not degrade quickly in water sources such as lakes and streams.
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
Biodegradable soap
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
UV radiation

24. Ataxia. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
60 degrees
Index
Heat production
Moderate

25. Sound - including thunder - travels about a mile in __ seconds near the ground.
Minimize impact
5 seconds
60 minutes
Exercise

26. Name the four category plants fall into
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
Slow jog
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus

27. The locations of the ______ is not fixed.
Magnetic north pole
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
1:24000

28. What four parts of your body should you keep clean?
Power lines
Equinoxes
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth

29. The color black on the map represents what kind of features?
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
Minimize impact
Moderate
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea

30. The mechanism of heat loss that is the most common when the body is at rest is ___
In the extremities
Mild
Geographic north
Radiation

31. For significant precipitation to form - air must...
Rise or be lifted
Poison oak rash
4 miles
Cotton

32. Can't perform complex mental tasks. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
Level of dehydration
Mild
Convection

33. Generally speaking - a lightning bolt will hit the...
South of west
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Highest thing around
1:2

34. At northern altitudes in December - the sun rises south of east and sets...
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Conduction
Polaris
South of west

35. A hot shower can relieve the itching common to...
Power lines
Iron in rocks
Poison oak rash
Biodegradable soap

36. As you gain elevation - the percentage of O2 in the air...
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Increases
Internal temperature

37. The sun is approximately due south at what time of day during the month of August?
1:00pm
Wash your dishes in a stream
4 miles
Severe

38. Lines of latitude run east-west and lines of longitude run...
North-south
Cotton
Brain
The county sheriff

39. Shivering stops. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
5 seconds
Severe
Internal temperature

40. The umbles. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
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
Not adequately hydrated
Moderate
North-south

41. What is the ratio of shelter insulation on top to ground cover?
15
1:2
1:24000
Evaporation

42. The most common map scale for a 7.5-minute map is...
Sterilizing
Moderate
1:24000
Geographic north

43. On the spring and fall ____ the sun rises exactly east and sets exactly west.
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Exercise
Equinoxes
Not adequately hydrated

44. 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
A 7.5-minute map
Brain
Exercise

45. Down is a good choice as an insulator for...
Moderate hypothermia
Increases
Wet - rainy conditions
Minimize impact

46. _______ are shorter in the summer than they are in the winter.
4 maps
Slow jog
Shadows
Mountain

47. The three forces of nature that work to decompose solid waste are ___ - ___ - and ___.
1:2
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
8000 feet
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location

48. ________ is a naturally occurring mineral that can deflect the compass needle.
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Iron in rocks
Level of dehydration

49. Name the three types of shelter designs
Cloudy = 3 degrees
60 minutes
Lean to - A frame - Dome
Increases

50. Heat loss due to physical contact with a cooler object is called ___
Help - a distress call
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
Conduction
Radiation