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Wilderness Survival

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Heat stroke is a life-threatening...
Cloudless= 5 degrees
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
Heat injury
15

2. Person feels cold/lags behind. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Minimize impact
Equinoxes
Mild

3. The sun is approximately due south at what time of day during the month of August?
1:00pm
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
Mountain
Not adequately hydrated

4. What four parts of your body should you keep clean?
Red end
Heat injury
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth

5. The umbles. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Moderate
Moderate hypothermia
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm

6. When the sun is at a bearing of 240 degrees in the sky - the shadows point to __.
Equal elevation
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Head region
60 degrees

7. _________ pack more energy per gram than carbohydrates.
Equal elevation
Fat
Conduction
60 minutes

8. What is the value of declination in the Eugene area?
17 degrees
Internal temperature
South of west
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea

9. 7.5-minute maps made by the USGS generally span how many miles north to south? East to west?
Equidistant
Protozoa
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles

10. For maximum benefit - it's best to drink water at a rate of 1/4 liter every ___ minutes.
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.
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 minutes
15 minutes

11. Searchers usually begin their search for a lost person from what location?
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Index
The point the lost person was last seen
North-south

12. A hot shower can relieve the itching common to...
1:24000
Poison oak rash
Iodine water purification tablets
Cloudy = 3 degrees

13. Your thirst mechanism is not a very good indicator of your...
Polaris
Level of dehydration
Evaporation
Severe

14. Name the five parts of the bow drill.
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle

15. A majority of the energy derived from the food we eat goes into...
Dead
5 seconds
15
Heat production

16. At rest - the majority of heat production does not occur in the...
Rise or be lifted
Head region
Index
Minimize impact

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

18. What county agency organizes - and is responsible for search and rescue operations in Oregon?
Lean to - A frame - Dome
The county sheriff
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
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.

19. If you set up camp in a pristine area - you should move camp every day to...
Power lines
200 feet
Minimize impact
Iron in rocks

20. S.U.R.V.I.V.A.L
Level of dehydration
Sterilizing
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
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea

21. How many 7.5-minute maps are required to represent the same area as one 15-minute map?
4 maps
Cotton
Mountain
Severe

22. Uncontrollable shivering. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Sterilizing
Moderate
15 minutes

23. The average apparent motion of the sun across the sky is ____ degrees per hour.
North-south
Mild
15
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles

24. Heat cramps will occur if a person is...
Brain cells
Not adequately hydrated
UV radiation
A 7.5-minute map

25. Giardia lamblia is a ____
Increases
Mild
Protozoa
Minimize impact

26. It's not acceptable within the LNT philosophy to _____________ with biodegradable soap.
Wash your dishes in a stream
17 degrees
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Heat injury

27. For significant precipitation to form - air must...
Rise or be lifted
Protozoa
Not adequately hydrated
Magnetic north pole

28. Water conducts heat away from the body approximately __ times faster than air at the same temperature.
25 times faster
23.5
Heat production
2 degrees

29. What is the ratio of shelter insulation on top to ground cover?
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
1:2
Mild

30. Three blasts of a whistle means ____.
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
Help - a distress call
1:2
Convection

31. If the separation between the flash of lightning and the clap of thunder is 20 seconds - the lightning is how far away?
Fat
4 miles
Radiation
Convection

32. Name the three types of shelter designs
4 maps
Mild
Lean to - A frame - Dome
Iodine water purification tablets

33. Dehydration results from inadequate replacement of lost body fluids.A 5-percent loss results in...
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
Dead
Minimize impact
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus

34. The color black on the map represents what kind of features?
Polaris
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
Moderate
Brain

35. Humans do not inherently acquire a...
15
Heat injury
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
Sense of direction

36. The boiling point of water decreases __ degrees for every 1000 feet of elevation gain.
Minimize impact
Level of dehydration
Moderate
2 degrees

37. Name some plants that can provide nourishment in the wild
Brain cells
Mild
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles

38. Describe the difference between filtering water and purifying water.
Sterilizing
Biodegradable soap
Wet - rainy conditions
Cloudless= 5 degrees

39. Lines of latitude run east-west and lines of longitude run...
North-south
Moderate hypothermia
Equinoxes
Cloudless= 5 degrees

40. It is not always ok to use ________ as a treatment modality for someone experiencing mild or moderate hypothermia.
Heat injury
Exercise
In the extremities
Moderate

41. Lines of latitude run __________ from each other.
Equidistant
Fresh water fish
Brain cells
Highest thing around

42. Sweating is a form of ___ heat loss.
Magnetic north pole
Sterilizing
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Evaporation

43. The mechanism of heat loss that is the most common when the body is at rest is ___
Radiation
Mild
60 minutes
Wet - rainy conditions

44. __________ can cause deviation of the compass needle.
Power lines
17 degrees
Equal elevation
12 hours

45. Sound - including thunder - travels about a mile in __ seconds near the ground.
5 seconds
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Level of dehydration
Sterilizing

46. Name the four category plants fall into
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
Oxygen - fuel - heat
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs

47. All others factors being equal - when air rises in a cloudy sky it cools at the rate of __degrees/1000ft.
Cotton
Cloudy = 3 degrees
23.5
17 degrees

48. Name the three parts of the fire triangle.
8000 feet
Oxygen - fuel - heat
15 minutes
Shadows

49. Shivering stops. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Poison oak rash
Severe
Fresh water fish
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous

50. Clouds do not block...
UV radiation
Exercise
Moderate
Polaris