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Wilderness Survival

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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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2. Heat stroke is a life-threatening...
Moderate
Brain cells
Slow jog
Heat injury

3. The sun is approximately due south at what time of day during the month of August?
Red end
25 times faster
1:00pm
Cooling systems

4. If you set up camp in a pristine area - you should move camp every day to...
Oxygen - fuel - heat
Minimize impact
Sterilizing
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle

5. Name the five parts of the bow drill.
Help - a distress call
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
15 minutes
Evaporation

6. Name some plants that can provide nourishment in the wild
Equidistant
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Heat injury

7. Three blasts of a whistle means ____.
Moderate hypothermia
Help - a distress call
Sterilizing
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.

8. __________ can cause deviation of the compass needle.
Mild
4 miles
Power lines
Internal temperature

9. At rest - the majority of heat production does not occur in the...
Dead
Increases
Head region
Poison oak rash

10. Can't perform complex mental tasks. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
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.
Wash your dishes in a stream
Protozoa
Mild

11. Name the three parts of the fire triangle.
12 hours
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Oxygen - fuel - heat
Red end

12. If the separation between the flash of lightning and the clap of thunder is 20 seconds - the lightning is how far away?
12 hours
15 minutes
Equidistant
4 miles

13. What is the value of declination in the Eugene area?
2 degrees
17 degrees
Help - a distress call
Mild

14. Heat loss due to physical contact with a cooler object is called ___
Exercise
Conduction
Oxygen - fuel - heat
4 miles

15. Water conducts heat away from the body approximately __ times faster than air at the same temperature.
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
4 miles
25 times faster
Brain cells

16. The name of the north star is ___.
Mild
Brain cells
Polaris
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.

17. As you gain elevation - the percentage of O2 in the air...
Increases
4 maps
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
Sterilizing

18. What county agency organizes - and is responsible for search and rescue operations in Oregon?
Brain
UV radiation
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
The county sheriff

19. A hot shower can relieve the itching common to...
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Evaporation
Not adequately hydrated
Poison oak rash

20. A person with ____________ has lost the ability to rewarm on her/his own.
Biodegradable soap
Protozoa
Moderate hypothermia
15 minutes

21. Lines of latitude run __________ from each other.
Iron in rocks
Minimize impact
Equidistant
Cooling systems

22. _________ pack more energy per gram than carbohydrates.
A 7.5-minute map
Fat
Convection
Magnetic north pole

23. For significant precipitation to form - air must...
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Cooling systems
Rise or be lifted
60 degrees

24. R.I.C.E
Equal elevation
Moderate
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
Internal temperature

25. A contour line is a line that connects points of ___ ____.
4 miles
Equal elevation
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
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

26. How many 7.5-minute maps are required to represent the same area as one 15-minute map?
Brain
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
4 maps
60 degrees

27. All others factors being equal - when air rises in a cloudy sky it cools at the rate of __degrees/1000ft.
Convection
Not adequately hydrated
1:24000
Cloudy = 3 degrees

28. ___________ does not degrade quickly in water sources such as lakes and streams.
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
Biodegradable soap
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Iron in rocks

29. An initial reaction of the body when it attempts to cool itself is to dilate the blood vessels...
17 degrees
Severe
5 seconds
In the extremities

30. The locations of the ______ is not fixed.
The point the lost person was last seen
Highest thing around
Moderate
Magnetic north pole

31. What four parts of your body should you keep clean?
Heat injury
1:00pm
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Head region

32. Shivering stops. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Severe
15 minutes
Mild
Cotton

33. S.U.R.V.I.V.A.L
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
Cooling systems
The county sheriff
Heat production

34. Glucose (blood sugar) is the only fuel normally used by...
Brain cells
Moderate
Cloudless= 5 degrees
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin

35. It is not always ok to use ________ as a treatment modality for someone experiencing mild or moderate hypothermia.
Exercise
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
Lean to - A frame - Dome

36. The ______ of the compass needle points towards magnetic north.
Power lines
4 miles
Level of dehydration
Red end

37. The earth's axis is tilted _____ degrees from vertical.
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Internal temperature
23.5
1:00pm

38. All _____________ are non-poisonous
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Fresh water fish
Moderate
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles

39. The mechanism of heat loss that is the most common when the body is at rest is ___
North-south
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.
Not adequately hydrated
Radiation

40. Person feels cold/lags behind. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
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
Mild
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.

41. High altitude begins at what elevation?
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
8000 feet
The county sheriff
Equidistant

42. The umbles. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Moderate
Cotton
Slow jog
15 minutes

43. Generally speaking - a lightning bolt will hit the...
Highest thing around
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
Fresh water fish
Sterilizing

44. At northern altitudes in December - the sun rises south of east and sets...
Mild
South of west
60 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.

45. Heat cramps will occur if a person is...
Not adequately hydrated
2 degrees
Sense of direction
12 hours

46. Loss of body heat to circulating wind is called ___.
Convection
Help - a distress call
Index
Brain cells

47. Magnetic north and __________ are not the same.
Geographic north
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
Minimize impact
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle

48. Fine shivering. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Magnetic north pole
Fat
Mild
60 minutes

49. The average apparent motion of the sun across the sky is ____ degrees per hour.
15
1:00pm
Poison oak rash
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin

50. Clouds do not block...
UV radiation
Mild
Power lines
Internal temperature