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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
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
Sterilizing
In the extremities
2. The kind of air space that exists between fibers and is responsible for trapping body heat is called ___ air space.
Heat injury
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.
Dead
Shadows
3. Sweating is a form of ___ heat loss.
A 7.5-minute map
200 feet
Brain
Evaporation
4. Magnetic north and __________ are not the same.
Geographic north
Moderate
Moderate hypothermia
Index
5. Loss of fine motor control in hands. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
5 seconds
Iodine water purification tablets
Mild
Highest thing around
6. What are the four cardinal points and inter cardinal points of the compass?
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Moderate
5 seconds
Lean to - A frame - Dome
7. Uncontrollable shivering. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Equidistant
1:00pm
Moderate
Cooling systems
8. Your thirst mechanism is not a very good indicator of your...
Level of dehydration
Sense of direction
Rise or be lifted
8000 feet
9. What county agency organizes - and is responsible for search and rescue operations in Oregon?
Geographic north
Moderate hypothermia
The county sheriff
Mountain
10. Down is a good choice as an insulator for...
Head region
In the extremities
Mild
Wet - rainy conditions
11. It's not acceptable within the LNT philosophy to _____________ with biodegradable soap.
60 degrees
Mild
Wash your dishes in a stream
Shadows
12. Loss of body heat to circulating wind is called ___.
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
Lean to - A frame - Dome
Minimize impact
Convection
13. What is the first step you should take when you become lost?
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
South of west
Fat
Minimize impact
14. What four parts of your body should you keep clean?
Equidistant
Rise or be lifted
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
UV radiation
15. The name of the north star is ___.
Radiation
Polaris
Cooling systems
2 degrees
16. 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
Equal elevation
60 minutes
1:2
17. To protect the riparian area - select a campsite location at least ___ feet away from lakes - streams - etc.
200 feet
Cotton
In the extremities
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
18. Exposure of an area to cool - wet conditions for approximately __ hours is necessary to produce trench foot.
Level of dehydration
Equinoxes
Biodegradable soap
12 hours
19. Water conducts heat away from the body approximately __ times faster than air at the same temperature.
Rise or be lifted
25 times faster
Heat injury
Not adequately hydrated
20. Humans have very efficient...
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
Cooling systems
25 times faster
60 degrees
21. ________ is a naturally occurring mineral that can deflect the compass needle.
Conduction
Moderate hypothermia
Iron in rocks
1:24000
22. Ataxia. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Moderate
Index
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Heat production
23. When the sun is at a bearing of 240 degrees in the sky - the shadows point to __.
UV radiation
North-south
60 degrees
Heat injury
24. Humans do not inherently acquire a...
Sense of direction
15
Level of dehydration
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
25. All _____________ are non-poisonous
Equidistant
23.5
Fresh water fish
Moderate hypothermia
26. It is not always ok to use ________ as a treatment modality for someone experiencing mild or moderate hypothermia.
Dead
15 minutes
Exercise
Polaris
27. The most common map scale for a 7.5-minute map is...
1:24000
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
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
28. 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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29. Name the three parts of the fire triangle.
15
5 seconds
Equal elevation
Oxygen - fuel - heat
30. Shivering requires the energy of a...
Increases
Slow jog
12 hours
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
31. A 15-percent loss of body fluids results in...
Fresh water fish
Convection
Increases
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
32. The three forces of nature that work to decompose solid waste are ___ - ___ - and ___.
Power lines
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
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.
Cloudless= 5 degrees
33. Name the four category plants fall into
Biodegradable soap
Iron in rocks
2 degrees
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
34. Heat stroke is a life-threatening...
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Heat injury
Cotton
1:00pm
35. Sound - including thunder - travels about a mile in __ seconds near the ground.
Red end
5 seconds
Protozoa
1:2
36. A person with ____________ has lost the ability to rewarm on her/his own.
A 7.5-minute map
Poison oak rash
Moderate hypothermia
Dead
37. The locations of the ______ is not fixed.
Magnetic north pole
23.5
Moderate hypothermia
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
38. Heat cramps will occur if a person is...
The county sheriff
200 feet
Not adequately hydrated
4 miles
39. All others factors being equal - when air rises in a cloudless sky it cools at the rate of __degrees/1000ft.
60 minutes
Lean to - A frame - Dome
Shadows
Cloudless= 5 degrees
40. Dehydration results from inadequate replacement of lost body fluids.A 5-percent loss results in...
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.
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Oxygen - fuel - heat
41. On the spring and fall ____ the sun rises exactly east and sets exactly west.
Moderate hypothermia
4 maps
Equinoxes
Geographic north
42. The mechanism of heat loss that is the most common when the body is at rest is ___
Internal temperature
Radiation
Wash your dishes in a stream
Cotton
43. High altitude begins at what elevation?
Moderate
8000 feet
Sense of direction
Help - a distress call
44. The earth's axis is tilted _____ degrees from vertical.
Equidistant
23.5
5 seconds
Iodine water purification tablets
45. Describe the difference between filtering water and purifying water.
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
Sterilizing
Severe
Poison oak rash
46. The ______ of the compass needle points towards magnetic north.
Oxygen - fuel - heat
Moderate
Red end
The point the lost person was last seen
47. _________ is not an effective insulator in wet - cold conditions.
Biodegradable soap
Wet - rainy conditions
Cotton
4 miles
48. Person feels cold/lags behind. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Fresh water fish
South of west
Mild
60 degrees
49. __________ kill cryptosporidium as well as Giardia
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
Iodine water purification tablets
Mild
1:00pm
50. At northern altitudes in December - the sun rises south of east and sets...
12 hours
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
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
South of west