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1. List - in order - the treatment for mild hypothermia.
Iron in rocks
Heat production
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.
Equidistant

2. What four parts of your body should you keep clean?
Equal elevation
Wash your dishes in a stream
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Sterilizing

3. Name the four category plants fall into
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
Equinoxes
Poison oak rash

4. Down is a good choice as an insulator for...
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
1:00pm
Index
Wet - rainy conditions

5. ___________ does not degrade quickly in water sources such as lakes and streams.
Dead
8000 feet
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Biodegradable soap

6. Shivering stops. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
Mountain
Severe

7. Heat loss due to physical contact with a cooler object is called ___
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Conduction
Cotton
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm

8. 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.

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9. Uncontrollable shivering. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Moderate
Fresh water fish
Minimize impact

10. A small cave - Beneath a lone tree
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Index

11. What is the ratio of shelter insulation on top to ground cover?
Brain cells
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
1:2
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles

12. How many minutes are there are there in one degree of latitude or longitude?
1:2
15 minutes
Wet - rainy conditions
60 minutes

13. Lines of latitude run __________ from each other.
Moderate
Equidistant
Moderate hypothermia
60 minutes

14. Giardia lamblia is a ____
Protozoa
Cotton
Fat
Brain cells

15. Humans do not inherently acquire a...
Mild
Sense of direction
The point the lost person was last seen
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea

16. Every 5th contour line is darker in color. This line is called an __ contour line.
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Index
Poison oak rash
Slow jog

17. At rest - the majority of heat production does not occur in the...
Cloudless= 5 degrees
Heat injury
Oxygen - fuel - heat
Head region

18. Searchers usually begin their search for a lost person from what location?
4 miles
8000 feet
Moderate
The point the lost person was last seen

19. Orographic lifting is the lifting of air over a _____ barrier.
Dead
Mountain
Severe
12 hours

20. The earth's axis is tilted _____ degrees from vertical.
UV radiation
23.5
Cloudless= 5 degrees
Lean to - A frame - Dome

21. The ______ of the compass needle points towards magnetic north.
Brain cells
The county sheriff
Highest thing around
Red end

22. Person feels cold/lags behind. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
23.5
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
Head region
Mild

23. Name the three types of shelter designs
A 7.5-minute map
Moderate
Lean to - A frame - Dome
Equidistant

24. What is the value of declination in the Eugene area?
17 degrees
Brain
23.5
Index

25. Name some plants that can provide nourishment in the wild
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Mild
4 maps

26. What is the first step you should take when you become lost?
Equidistant
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Power lines
Internal temperature

27. All others factors being equal - when air rises in a cloudy sky it cools at the rate of __degrees/1000ft.
Poison oak rash
Power lines
Geographic north
Cloudy = 3 degrees

28. Heat stroke is a life-threatening...
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
1:00pm
Heat injury
Wet - rainy conditions

29. The most common map scale for a 7.5-minute map is...
15 minutes
Iron in rocks
1:24000
Fresh water fish

30. On the spring and fall ____ the sun rises exactly east and sets exactly west.
Equinoxes
Shadows
UV radiation
15

31. The locations of the ______ is not fixed.
Magnetic north pole
Heat injury
Wash your dishes in a stream
Geographic north

32. A hot shower can relieve the itching common to...
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
Shadows
Dead
Poison oak rash

33. It is not always ok to use ________ as a treatment modality for someone experiencing mild or moderate hypothermia.
Cloudless= 5 degrees
South of west
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
Exercise

34. Name the five parts of the bow drill.
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
Geographic north
Power lines
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.

35. The three forces of nature that work to decompose solid waste are ___ - ___ - and ___.
Slow jog
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
Moderate

36. High altitude begins at what elevation?
8000 feet
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
Magnetic north pole
Geographic north

37. What is the first core organ to exhibit signs of being affected by hypothermia?
Brain
Moderate hypothermia
60 degrees
Equinoxes

38. It's not acceptable within the LNT philosophy to _____________ with biodegradable soap.
Brain cells
Brain
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
Wash your dishes in a stream

39. Hypothermia is a lowering of the body's ___.
Moderate hypothermia
Power lines
4 miles
Internal temperature

40. All others factors being equal - when air rises in a cloudless sky it cools at the rate of __degrees/1000ft.
Cloudless= 5 degrees
60 minutes
UV radiation
Geographic north

41. A 10-percent loss of body fluids results in...
Radiation
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
15
South of west

42. Humans have very efficient...
Help - a distress call
Cooling systems
Mountain
12 hours

43. What are the four cardinal points and inter cardinal points of the compass?
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
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
A 7.5-minute map
Moderate

44. Which map provides more detail - a 7.5-minute map or a 15-minute map?
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
Equinoxes
A 7.5-minute map
Increases

45. What county agency organizes - and is responsible for search and rescue operations in Oregon?
The county sheriff
Oxygen - fuel - heat
17 degrees
Power lines

46. B.L.I.S.S
South of west
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
12 hours
17 degrees

47. Loss of body heat to circulating wind is called ___.
Fat
Sense of direction
Geographic north
Convection

48. The color black on the map represents what kind of features?
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
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.
Equidistant
60 degrees

49. If you set up camp in a pristine area - you should move camp every day to...
Fat
Minimize impact
Fresh water fish
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth

50. A contour line is a line that connects points of ___ ____.
Moderate
Equal elevation
Highest thing around
200 feet

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