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Wilderness Survival

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Name some plants that can provide nourishment in the wild
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Iron in rocks
2 degrees

2. A majority of the energy derived from the food we eat goes into...
2 degrees
Heat production
Evaporation
60 minutes

3. The average apparent motion of the sun across the sky is ____ degrees per hour.
15
A 7.5-minute map
Mild
23.5

4. A 15-percent loss of body fluids results in...
Heat injury
Help - a distress call
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Sterilizing

5. If the separation between the flash of lightning and the clap of thunder is 20 seconds - the lightning is how far away?
4 miles
Sterilizing
Internal temperature
60 minutes

6. The kind of air space that exists between fibers and is responsible for trapping body heat is called ___ air space.
Wash your dishes in a stream
Dead
The point the lost person was last seen
4 miles

7. All others factors being equal - when air rises in a cloudless sky it cools at the rate of __degrees/1000ft.
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.
Sense of direction
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Cloudless= 5 degrees

8. Ataxia. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Moderate
Oxygen - fuel - heat
8000 feet
25 times faster

9. A small cave - Beneath a lone tree
Sense of direction
Highest thing around
Wash your dishes in a stream
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm

10. Shivering requires the energy of a...
Slow jog
1:24000
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
Brain cells

11. Name the three types of shelter designs
Geographic north
Slow jog
Lean to - A frame - Dome
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle

12. It's not acceptable within the LNT philosophy to _____________ with biodegradable soap.
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
Wash your dishes in a stream
Convection
Brain

13. ___________ does not degrade quickly in water sources such as lakes and streams.
Severe
The point the lost person was last seen
Biodegradable soap
Equidistant

14. What is the ratio of shelter insulation on top to ground cover?
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
Minimize impact
1:2
4 miles

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

16. _________ pack more energy per gram than carbohydrates.
Protozoa
15 minutes
Fat
Highest thing around

17. B.L.I.S.S
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
UV radiation
60 minutes
8000 feet

18. Uncontrollable shivering. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Index
Geographic north
Moderate
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm

19. The sun is approximately due south at what time of day during the month of August?
Dead
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
1:00pm

20. Down is a good choice as an insulator for...
Biodegradable soap
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Wet - rainy conditions
Exercise

21. If you set up camp in a pristine area - you should move camp every day to...
Cotton
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
Minimize impact
Equidistant

22. To protect the riparian area - select a campsite location at least ___ feet away from lakes - streams - etc.
15
12 hours
200 feet
Protozoa

23. A hot shower can relieve the itching common to...
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Poison oak rash
Magnetic north pole

24. R.I.C.E
Fresh water fish
2 degrees
1:24000
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate

25. Three blasts of a whistle means ____.
Oxygen - fuel - heat
Help - a distress call
Exercise
Mild

26. As you gain elevation - the percentage of O2 in the air...
Increases
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Oxygen - fuel - heat
Heat injury

27. Heat cramps will occur if a person is...
2 degrees
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Heat production
Not adequately hydrated

28. Name the three parts of the fire triangle.
Oxygen - fuel - heat
Polaris
Dead
Equal elevation

29. The most common map scale for a 7.5-minute map is...
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
1:24000
Heat injury

30. A person with ____________ has lost the ability to rewarm on her/his own.
Not adequately hydrated
Moderate hypothermia
Moderate
2 degrees

31. A contour line is a line that connects points of ___ ____.
Equal elevation
Equidistant
Cotton
Severe

32. Can't perform complex mental tasks. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
Mild
60 minutes
Fat

33. Water conducts heat away from the body approximately __ times faster than air at the same temperature.
25 times faster
Exercise
Cotton
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus

34. At northern altitudes in December - the sun rises south of east and sets...
15 minutes
South of west
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water

35. When the sun is at a bearing of 240 degrees in the sky - the shadows point to __.
60 degrees
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
25 times faster
Oxygen - fuel - heat

36. Which map provides more detail - a 7.5-minute map or a 15-minute map?
Red end
Severe
A 7.5-minute map
12 hours

37. _______ are shorter in the summer than they are in the winter.
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
Oxygen - fuel - heat
Moderate hypothermia
Shadows

38. Fine shivering. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
25 times faster
15
Mild
1:2

39. Heat stroke is a life-threatening...
15 minutes
Minimize impact
Heat injury
Conduction

40. Person feels cold/lags behind. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Fat
5 seconds
Mild
2 degrees

41. High altitude begins at what elevation?
Highest thing around
A 7.5-minute map
Internal temperature
8000 feet

42. Glucose (blood sugar) is the only fuel normally used by...
Sterilizing
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
2 degrees
Brain cells

43. What is the value of declination in the Eugene area?
17 degrees
Internal temperature
Index
Fresh water fish

44. __________ kill cryptosporidium as well as Giardia
Radiation
Equinoxes
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Iodine water purification tablets

45. Heat loss due to physical contact with a cooler object is called ___
Conduction
25 times faster
Mild
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous

46. The mechanism of heat loss that is the most common when the body is at rest is ___
Not adequately hydrated
Radiation
Minimize impact
Wet - rainy conditions

47. Giardia lamblia is a ____
Equidistant
4 miles
Fresh water fish
Protozoa

48. What is the first step you should take when you become lost?
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
Red end
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle

49. What four parts of your body should you keep clean?
Moderate hypothermia
Level of dehydration
1:00pm
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth

50. Shivering stops. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Severe
Iodine water purification tablets
Power lines
Biodegradable soap