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Wilderness Survival

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. It's not acceptable within the LNT philosophy to _____________ with biodegradable soap.
Wash your dishes in a stream
Convection
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Biodegradable soap

2. _________ is not an effective insulator in wet - cold conditions.
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.
8000 feet
Cotton
Severe

3. Giardia lamblia is a ____
Protozoa
Brain cells
Conduction
Evaporation

4. To protect the riparian area - select a campsite location at least ___ feet away from lakes - streams - etc.
Biodegradable soap
Iodine water purification tablets
200 feet
Heat production

5. A 10-percent loss of body fluids results in...
Mountain
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
Cloudy = 3 degrees
4 maps

6. As you gain elevation - the percentage of O2 in the air...
Increases
Internal temperature
8000 feet
Brain

7. Heat stroke is a life-threatening...
Mild
Brain cells
Polaris
Heat injury

8. List - in order - the treatment for mild hypothermia.
60 degrees
Power lines
4 miles
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.

9. Which map provides more detail - a 7.5-minute map or a 15-minute map?
Moderate hypothermia
15 minutes
A 7.5-minute map
5 seconds

10. Name the five parts of the bow drill.
Biodegradable soap
2 degrees
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
South of west

11. Person feels cold/lags behind. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Red end
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Geographic north
Mild

12. What are the four cardinal points and inter cardinal points of the compass?
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Equal elevation
Wash your dishes in a stream
Lean to - A frame - Dome

13. Humans have very efficient...
Moderate
In the extremities
Cooling systems
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth

14. Magnetic north and __________ are not the same.
Evaporation
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Magnetic north pole
Geographic north

15. The mechanism of heat loss that is the most common when the body is at rest is ___
Wet - rainy conditions
Equidistant
Radiation
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water

16. If the separation between the flash of lightning and the clap of thunder is 20 seconds - the lightning is how far away?
4 miles
Level of dehydration
23.5
Mild

17. Orographic lifting is the lifting of air over a _____ barrier.
The county sheriff
Rise or be lifted
Mountain
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle

18. At northern altitudes in December - the sun rises south of east and sets...
Minimize impact
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.
South of west
The county sheriff

19. Down is a good choice as an insulator for...
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Wet - rainy conditions
15

20. Fine shivering. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Mild
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
Wash your dishes in a stream
15 minutes

21. 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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22. Lines of latitude run east-west and lines of longitude run...
Help - a distress call
Mild
Fat
North-south

23. Shivering stops. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Radiation
Severe
Poison oak rash
Sense of direction

24. For significant precipitation to form - air must...
Highest thing around
Severe
Rise or be lifted
Slow jog

25. Shivering requires the energy of a...
Slow jog
17 degrees
Radiation
Iron in rocks

26. It is not always ok to use ________ as a treatment modality for someone experiencing mild or moderate hypothermia.
1:2
Exercise
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.
Highest thing around

27. On the spring and fall ____ the sun rises exactly east and sets exactly west.
Severe
2 degrees
Equinoxes
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate

28. A small cave - Beneath a lone tree
Moderate hypothermia
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
UV radiation
Heat production

29. 7.5-minute maps made by the USGS generally span how many miles north to south? East to west?
Biodegradable soap
1:00pm
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
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.

30. Name some plants that can provide nourishment in the wild
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Equinoxes
Dead
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW

31. The boiling point of water decreases __ degrees for every 1000 feet of elevation gain.
25 times faster
Fat
Sense of direction
2 degrees

32. Three blasts of a whistle means ____.
Sense of direction
Minimize impact
8000 feet
Help - a distress call

33. A contour line is a line that connects points of ___ ____.
Moderate
Equal elevation
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Geographic north

34. Generally speaking - a lightning bolt will hit the...
Highest thing around
Fat
South of west
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea

35. A 15-percent loss of body fluids results in...
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Sense of direction
Geographic north
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles

36. Name the three types of shelter designs
8000 feet
Shadows
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
Lean to - A frame - Dome

37. How many minutes are there are there in one degree of latitude or longitude?
Moderate hypothermia
60 minutes
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Slow jog

38. Exposure of an area to cool - wet conditions for approximately __ hours is necessary to produce trench foot.
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.
Mild
The point the lost person was last seen
12 hours

39. Lines of latitude run __________ from each other.
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
Exercise
Cotton
Equidistant

40. _________ pack more energy per gram than carbohydrates.
Mild
Heat production
Fat
Mild

41. The average apparent motion of the sun across the sky is ____ degrees per hour.
15
Heat production
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
Moderate

42. The sun is approximately due south at what time of day during the month of August?
Wash your dishes in a stream
1:00pm
Heat production
Sterilizing

43. ___________ does not degrade quickly in water sources such as lakes and streams.
Biodegradable soap
Index
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Heat production

44. Name the three parts of the fire triangle.
60 degrees
Head region
Minimize impact
Oxygen - fuel - heat

45. __________ can cause deviation of the compass needle.
Equinoxes
Power lines
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

46. Heat cramps will occur if a person is...
Equidistant
Not adequately hydrated
Internal temperature
In the extremities

47. Sound - including thunder - travels about a mile in __ seconds near the ground.
A 7.5-minute map
Equinoxes
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
5 seconds

48. B.L.I.S.S
1:00pm
Equidistant
Poison oak rash
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location

49. S.U.R.V.I.V.A.L
60 minutes
Fresh water fish
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
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.

50. __________ kill cryptosporidium as well as Giardia
Dead
South of west
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Iodine water purification tablets