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Wilderness Survival

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Heat stroke is a life-threatening...
Exercise
Protozoa
Minimize impact
Heat injury

2. All others factors being equal - when air rises in a cloudless sky it cools at the rate of __degrees/1000ft.
Rise or be lifted
Cloudless= 5 degrees
A 7.5-minute map
Wet - rainy conditions

3. High altitude begins at what elevation?
8000 feet
Cooling systems
Severe
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate

4. The umbles. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Wash your dishes in a stream
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
Moderate
Red end

5. ________ is a naturally occurring mineral that can deflect the compass needle.
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
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
60 degrees
Iron in rocks

6. What is the first step you should take when you become lost?
Fresh water fish
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.
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.

7. Sweating is a form of ___ heat loss.
Evaporation
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.
1:2
Moderate

8. Which map provides more detail - a 7.5-minute map or a 15-minute map?
Geographic north
Equidistant
Internal temperature
A 7.5-minute map

9. Ataxia. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Moderate
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
Iodine water purification tablets
North-south

10. B.L.I.S.S
Minimize impact
4 maps
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Mild

11. Clouds do not block...
Rise or be lifted
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.
UV radiation
Heat production

12. 7.5-minute maps made by the USGS generally span how many miles north to south? East to west?
Increases
Brain cells
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
2 degrees

13. What is the value of declination in the Eugene area?
Rise or be lifted
17 degrees
Iron in rocks
The point the lost person was last seen

14. What four parts of your body should you keep clean?
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
8000 feet
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.
Cloudy = 3 degrees

15. Name some plants that can provide nourishment in the wild
Wet - rainy conditions
5 seconds
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus

16. What is the ratio of shelter insulation on top to ground cover?
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.
1:2
Protozoa
Cotton

17. Sound - including thunder - travels about a mile in __ seconds near the ground.
Increases
Sterilizing
5 seconds
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.

18. Exposure of an area to cool - wet conditions for approximately __ hours is necessary to produce trench foot.
25 times faster
12 hours
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.
Radiation

19. ___________ does not degrade quickly in water sources such as lakes and streams.
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Fat
Biodegradable soap
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin

20. If the separation between the flash of lightning and the clap of thunder is 20 seconds - the lightning is how far away?
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Brain cells
UV radiation
4 miles

21. __________ kill cryptosporidium as well as Giardia
Iodine water purification tablets
Magnetic north pole
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
Fresh water fish

22. How many minutes are there are there in one degree of latitude or longitude?
60 minutes
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
Dead
Moderate

23. What county agency organizes - and is responsible for search and rescue operations in Oregon?
In the extremities
Fresh water fish
Minimize impact
The county sheriff

24. As you gain elevation - the percentage of O2 in the air...
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Increases
Level of dehydration
North-south

25. Searchers usually begin their search for a lost person from what location?
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Equinoxes
The point the lost person was last seen

26. Describe the difference between filtering water and purifying water.
4 maps
Iodine water purification tablets
Severe
Sterilizing

27. A hot shower can relieve the itching common to...
1:2
Equidistant
Equinoxes
Poison oak rash

28. _________ pack more energy per gram than carbohydrates.
Protozoa
Fat
15
Not adequately hydrated

29. The three forces of nature that work to decompose solid waste are ___ - ___ - and ___.
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
23.5
Severe
Cotton

30. When the sun is at a bearing of 240 degrees in the sky - the shadows point to __.
Conduction
12 hours
Power lines
60 degrees

31. Shivering requires the energy of a...
17 degrees
Slow jog
Severe
Power lines

32. Heat cramps will occur if a person is...
Not adequately hydrated
Brain
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

33. A majority of the energy derived from the food we eat goes into...
Fat
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
Heat production
In the extremities

34. Every 5th contour line is darker in color. This line is called an __ contour line.
Polaris
Mountain
Exercise
Index

35. All others factors being equal - when air rises in a cloudy sky it cools at the rate of __degrees/1000ft.
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Head region
Poison oak rash
Radiation

36. The earth's axis is tilted _____ degrees from vertical.
Radiation
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
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate

37. All _____________ are non-poisonous
Protozoa
Fresh water fish
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Brain

38. A small cave - Beneath a lone tree
23.5
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
Shadows
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm

39. The ______ of the compass needle points towards magnetic north.
The point the lost person was last seen
Mild
Convection
Red end

40. Name the three parts of the fire triangle.
15
Moderate hypothermia
Oxygen - fuel - heat
Rise or be lifted

41. Generally speaking - a lightning bolt will hit the...
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
Highest thing around
Sense of direction
Mild

42. Your thirst mechanism is not a very good indicator of your...
Level of dehydration
Lean to - A frame - Dome
Dead
Fat

43. 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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44. Person feels cold/lags behind. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Mild
15
Index
Moderate

45. R.I.C.E
Magnetic north pole
Moderate
Brain cells
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate

46. Lines of latitude run east-west and lines of longitude run...
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Wash your dishes in a stream
In the extremities
North-south

47. The most common map scale for a 7.5-minute map is...
Index
1:24000
8000 feet
60 degrees

48. List - in order - the treatment for mild hypothermia.
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
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.
Heat injury

49. How many 7.5-minute maps are required to represent the same area as one 15-minute map?
4 maps
1:24000
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Evaporation

50. At rest - the majority of heat production does not occur in the...
Head region
Brain
Not adequately hydrated
1:00pm