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Wilderness Survival
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Magnetic north and __________ are not the same.
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
23.5
Geographic north
Protozoa
2. Humans do not inherently acquire a...
Sense of direction
Convection
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Power lines
3. Dehydration results from inadequate replacement of lost body fluids.A 5-percent loss results in...
23.5
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
Lean to - A frame - Dome
4 maps
4. A hot shower can relieve the itching common to...
Poison oak rash
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
Power lines
Moderate hypothermia
5. To protect the riparian area - select a campsite location at least ___ feet away from lakes - streams - etc.
Head region
Sterilizing
200 feet
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
6. The name of the north star is ___.
Mild
Polaris
Equidistant
Dead
7. The average apparent motion of the sun across the sky is ____ degrees per hour.
A 7.5-minute map
8000 feet
15
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
8. Orographic lifting is the lifting of air over a _____ barrier.
Mountain
17 degrees
Exercise
Brain cells
9. Loss of body heat to circulating wind is called ___.
Iron in rocks
South of west
4 miles
Convection
10. ___________ does not degrade quickly in water sources such as lakes and streams.
Cooling systems
Biodegradable soap
5 seconds
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
11. The color black on the map represents what kind of features?
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
Dead
15 minutes
5 seconds
12. Heat stroke is a life-threatening...
23.5
Heat injury
2 degrees
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
13. Down is a good choice as an insulator for...
Cloudy = 3 degrees
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.
Wet - rainy conditions
Brain
14. The earth's axis is tilted _____ degrees from vertical.
Magnetic north pole
Equal elevation
Moderate
23.5
15. A 15-percent loss of body fluids results in...
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
4 maps
Cooling systems
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
16. Every 5th contour line is darker in color. This line is called an __ contour line.
In the extremities
Index
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
2 degrees
17. Sweating is a form of ___ heat loss.
Evaporation
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
Minimize impact
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
18. Name the four category plants fall into
Index
Equinoxes
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
Moderate hypothermia
19. Describe the difference between filtering water and purifying water.
Sterilizing
A 7.5-minute map
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
North-south
20. Name the three parts of the fire triangle.
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
12 hours
Oxygen - fuel - heat
8000 feet
21. All others factors being equal - when air rises in a cloudy sky it cools at the rate of __degrees/1000ft.
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.
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Minimize impact
22. Ataxia. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Cooling systems
Moderate hypothermia
Moderate
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.
23. The sun is approximately due south at what time of day during the month of August?
A 7.5-minute map
UV radiation
1:00pm
Poison oak rash
24. A contour line is a line that connects points of ___ ____.
Equal elevation
5 seconds
Brain
Wet - rainy conditions
25. Giardia lamblia is a ____
In the extremities
Exercise
12 hours
Protozoa
26. What four parts of your body should you keep clean?
5 seconds
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Internal temperature
Convection
27. The mechanism of heat loss that is the most common when the body is at rest is ___
2 degrees
Radiation
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Minimize impact
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. Exposure of an area to cool - wet conditions for approximately __ hours is necessary to produce trench foot.
12 hours
Moderate
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
Exercise
30. Water conducts heat away from the body approximately __ times faster than air at the same temperature.
25 times faster
4 maps
Magnetic north pole
Polaris
31. __________ kill cryptosporidium as well as Giardia
South of west
Sense of direction
Brain cells
Iodine water purification tablets
32. On the spring and fall ____ the sun rises exactly east and sets exactly west.
12 hours
Equinoxes
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
4 miles
33. All others factors being equal - when air rises in a cloudless sky it cools at the rate of __degrees/1000ft.
Cotton
Cloudless= 5 degrees
Protozoa
Mild
34. The three forces of nature that work to decompose solid waste are ___ - ___ - and ___.
Moderate
Red end
Level of dehydration
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
35. The most common map scale for a 7.5-minute map is...
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
1:24000
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
Cloudless= 5 degrees
36. As you gain elevation - the percentage of O2 in the air...
Increases
Poison oak rash
15 minutes
Wash your dishes in a stream
37. __________ can cause deviation of the compass needle.
Equinoxes
The county sheriff
Severe
Power lines
38. All _____________ are non-poisonous
Brain
Fresh water fish
Poison oak rash
Wet - rainy conditions
39. It's not acceptable within the LNT philosophy to _____________ with biodegradable soap.
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Wash your dishes in a stream
23.5
UV radiation
40. Shivering requires the energy of a...
Slow jog
17 degrees
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
Not adequately hydrated
41. What are the four cardinal points and inter cardinal points of the compass?
Mild
Mild
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Highest thing around
42. Lines of latitude run east-west and lines of longitude run...
North-south
1:24000
60 minutes
Equidistant
43. The ______ of the compass needle points towards magnetic north.
Red end
Cooling systems
23.5
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
44. At northern altitudes in December - the sun rises south of east and sets...
Sense of direction
Severe
Exercise
South of west
45. It is not always ok to use ________ as a treatment modality for someone experiencing mild or moderate hypothermia.
15 minutes
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
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.
Exercise
46. 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
60 degrees
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Equidistant
47. Fine shivering. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Mild
Magnetic north pole
Wash your dishes in a stream
Fat
48. A small cave - Beneath a lone tree
60 minutes
Fat
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Equal elevation
49. If you set up camp in a pristine area - you should move camp every day to...
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
Shadows
Minimize impact
Cooling systems
50. How many 7.5-minute maps are required to represent the same area as one 15-minute map?
Cloudless= 5 degrees
4 maps
Conduction
A 7.5-minute map