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Wilderness Survival

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1. The mechanism of heat loss that is the most common when the body is at rest is ___
Highest thing around
2 degrees
Wet - rainy conditions
Radiation

2. If the separation between the flash of lightning and the clap of thunder is 20 seconds - the lightning is how far away?
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
4 miles
Lean to - A frame - Dome
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles

3. When the sun is at a bearing of 240 degrees in the sky - the shadows point to __.
60 degrees
Minimize impact
23.5
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.

4. What is the first step you should take when you become lost?
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
Convection
Brain
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.

5. What is the ratio of shelter insulation on top to ground cover?
1:2
The county sheriff
Heat production
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea

6. List - in order - the treatment for mild hypothermia.
In the extremities
Shadows
Equidistant
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.

7. Loss of body heat to circulating wind is called ___.
23.5
The county sheriff
Convection
Internal temperature

8. Name the four category plants fall into
Fat
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
A 7.5-minute map
Moderate

9. It is not always ok to use ________ as a treatment modality for someone experiencing mild or moderate hypothermia.
Heat injury
Cloudless= 5 degrees
Exercise
Help - a distress call

10. The kind of air space that exists between fibers and is responsible for trapping body heat is called ___ air space.
Cooling systems
Magnetic north pole
Dead
Highest thing around

11. Fine shivering. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Moderate hypothermia
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
Iron in rocks
Mild

12. __________ can cause deviation of the compass needle.
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
Power lines
Conduction
Heat injury

13. A majority of the energy derived from the food we eat goes into...
Heat production
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
1:24000

14. Sound - including thunder - travels about a mile in __ seconds near the ground.
Cloudless= 5 degrees
Protozoa
5 seconds
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus

15. Dehydration results from inadequate replacement of lost body fluids.A 5-percent loss results in...
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
Conduction
Slow jog
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth

16. Clouds do not block...
Not adequately hydrated
17 degrees
UV radiation
Sense of direction

17. Three blasts of a whistle means ____.
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Help - a distress call
60 minutes
12 hours

18. All _____________ are non-poisonous
Iron in rocks
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Not adequately hydrated
Fresh water fish

19. Humans have very efficient...
Cooling systems
Brain cells
Mild
Magnetic north pole

20. Name the three types of shelter designs
Lean to - A frame - Dome
Moderate hypothermia
Red end
1:2

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

22. Glucose (blood sugar) is the only fuel normally used by...
Protozoa
Brain cells
Equidistant
Polaris

23. What is the value of declination in the Eugene area?
Not adequately hydrated
200 feet
17 degrees
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus

24. Hypothermia is a lowering of the body's ___.
The county sheriff
Exercise
Internal temperature
Highest thing around

25. Lines of latitude run east-west and lines of longitude run...
2 degrees
Severe
North-south
60 degrees

26. As you gain elevation - the percentage of O2 in the air...
The point the lost person was last seen
Increases
In the extremities
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW

27. The color black on the map represents what kind of features?
Slow jog
Dead
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)

28. The sun is approximately due south at what time of day during the month of August?
Level of dehydration
Internal temperature
Radiation
1:00pm

29. B.L.I.S.S
Rise or be lifted
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle

30. _________ pack more energy per gram than carbohydrates.
Fat
Shadows
15
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water

31. Your thirst mechanism is not a very good indicator of your...
Fat
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.
Moderate
Level of dehydration

32. Magnetic north and __________ are not the same.
Sterilizing
Geographic north
Slow jog
Rise or be lifted

33. 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
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
South of west
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin

34. S.U.R.V.I.V.A.L
The point the lost person was last seen
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
Internal temperature

35. Every 5th contour line is darker in color. This line is called an __ contour line.
15 minutes
23.5
South of west
Index

36. Shivering requires the energy of a...
Rise or be lifted
Polaris
17 degrees
Slow jog

37. High altitude begins at what elevation?
Heat injury
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
8000 feet
Equinoxes

38. Exposure of an area to cool - wet conditions for approximately __ hours is necessary to produce trench foot.
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Brain cells
12 hours
The point the lost person was last seen

39. R.I.C.E
Convection
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
Increases
Fresh water fish

40. To protect the riparian area - select a campsite location at least ___ feet away from lakes - streams - etc.
Red end
Sterilizing
200 feet
Moderate

41. Heat cramps will occur if a person is...
4 maps
South of west
Not adequately hydrated
Equinoxes

42. Person feels cold/lags behind. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Cotton
Conduction
Mild
5 seconds

43. At northern altitudes in December - the sun rises south of east and sets...
South of west
Fresh water fish
North-south
Cotton

44. For maximum benefit - it's best to drink water at a rate of 1/4 liter every ___ minutes.
Equal elevation
Moderate
Minimize impact
15 minutes

45. A contour line is a line that connects points of ___ ____.
Index
Brain
Equidistant
Equal elevation

46. On the spring and fall ____ the sun rises exactly east and sets exactly west.
Cooling systems
Equal elevation
Iron in rocks
Equinoxes

47. What is the first core organ to exhibit signs of being affected by hypothermia?
Moderate
Minimize impact
Brain
Equidistant

48. _______ are shorter in the summer than they are in the winter.
Shadows
Equidistant
Lean to - A frame - Dome
Equal elevation

49. All others factors being equal - when air rises in a cloudless sky it cools at the rate of __degrees/1000ft.
Cloudless= 5 degrees
Wet - rainy conditions
12 hours
Polaris

50. Giardia lamblia is a ____
The county sheriff
Sense of direction
Protozoa
Evaporation