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Wilderness Survival

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the first step you should take when you become lost?
1:24000
Moderate hypothermia
North-south
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.

2. A contour line is a line that connects points of ___ ____.
Cooling systems
Protozoa
Equal elevation
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.

3. How many minutes are there are there in one degree of latitude or longitude?
Equidistant
Brain
60 minutes
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm

4. For significant precipitation to form - air must...
Mild
1:00pm
Rise or be lifted
Heat injury

5. What county agency organizes - and is responsible for search and rescue operations in Oregon?
Protozoa
Equinoxes
A 7.5-minute map
The county sheriff

6. A small cave - Beneath a lone tree
Mountain
Mild
60 degrees
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm

7. Sweating is a form of ___ heat loss.
Heat production
Red end
Evaporation
Wet - rainy conditions

8. Heat loss due to physical contact with a cooler object is called ___
Conduction
A 7.5-minute map
12 hours
Iodine water purification tablets

9. Hypothermia is a lowering of the body's ___.
Geographic north
60 degrees
Sterilizing
Internal temperature

10. Which map provides more detail - a 7.5-minute map or a 15-minute map?
Conduction
Wash your dishes in a stream
Moderate
A 7.5-minute map

11. Humans do not inherently acquire a...
Mild
Sense of direction
Fat
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm

12. Loss of body heat to circulating wind is called ___.
Brain
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Convection
UV radiation

13. If you set up camp in a pristine area - you should move camp every day to...
Minimize impact
Heat production
Moderate
Mild

14. On the spring and fall ____ the sun rises exactly east and sets exactly west.
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Equinoxes
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.

15. Lines of latitude run east-west and lines of longitude run...
Cotton
North-south
Moderate hypothermia
Minimize impact

16. The earth's axis is tilted _____ degrees from vertical.
23.5
Mountain
60 minutes
Shadows

17. Person feels cold/lags behind. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Equal elevation
Mild
Highest thing around
Sterilizing

18. Describe the difference between filtering water and purifying water.
2 degrees
Sterilizing
Brain
Moderate hypothermia

19. _________ pack more energy per gram than carbohydrates.
Iodine water purification tablets
Magnetic north pole
Fat
Help - a distress call

20. Fine shivering. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Moderate hypothermia
Mild
5 seconds
A 7.5-minute map

21. What is the first core organ to exhibit signs of being affected by hypothermia?
Brain
Polaris
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth

22. An initial reaction of the body when it attempts to cool itself is to dilate the blood vessels...
Poison oak rash
In the extremities
Convection
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.

23. Heat stroke is a life-threatening...
Equidistant
Cooling systems
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Heat injury

24. Lines of latitude run __________ from each other.
Mild
Equidistant
Evaporation
Moderate

25. The most common map scale for a 7.5-minute map is...
North-south
Help - a distress call
1:24000
Equal elevation

26. _______ are shorter in the summer than they are in the winter.
Iodine water purification tablets
In the extremities
Shadows
Sterilizing

27. The boiling point of water decreases __ degrees for every 1000 feet of elevation gain.
2 degrees
Moderate
Not adequately hydrated
Increases

28. High altitude begins at what elevation?
Moderate hypothermia
8000 feet
Wash your dishes in a stream
Moderate

29. __________ kill cryptosporidium as well as Giardia
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
Magnetic north pole
Iodine water purification tablets
Convection

30. It is not always ok to use ________ as a treatment modality for someone experiencing mild or moderate hypothermia.
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Exercise
Evaporation
1:24000

31. How many 7.5-minute maps are required to represent the same area as one 15-minute map?
Help - a distress call
Iodine water purification tablets
4 maps
Geographic north

32. _________ is not an effective insulator in wet - cold conditions.
12 hours
Iron in rocks
Cotton
Cloudy = 3 degrees

33. All _____________ are non-poisonous
Moderate hypothermia
Shadows
Fresh water fish
Not adequately hydrated

34. Shivering requires the energy of a...
Slow jog
Cotton
Equidistant
Oxygen - fuel - heat

35. Down is a good choice as an insulator for...
North-south
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
Iron in rocks
Wet - rainy conditions

36. What is the ratio of shelter insulation on top to ground cover?
Moderate
4 miles
1:2
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth

37. Three blasts of a whistle means ____.
Increases
Help - a distress call
Wet - rainy conditions
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)

38. Giardia lamblia is a ____
Moderate
Equinoxes
Protozoa
Biodegradable soap

39. Can't perform complex mental tasks. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
8000 feet
Cloudless= 5 degrees
Mild
Level of dehydration

40. A 10-percent loss of body fluids results in...
Lean to - A frame - Dome
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
Oxygen - fuel - heat
1:00pm

41. Name the five parts of the bow drill.
Biodegradable soap
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus

42. A majority of the energy derived from the food we eat goes into...
Heat production
Oxygen - fuel - heat
Convection
2 degrees

43. Humans have very efficient...
Convection
Cooling systems
Red end
Moderate

44. All others factors being equal - when air rises in a cloudy sky it cools at the rate of __degrees/1000ft.
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Severe
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
Cloudy = 3 degrees

45. All others factors being equal - when air rises in a cloudless sky it cools at the rate of __degrees/1000ft.
Red end
Cloudless= 5 degrees
200 feet
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus

46. Magnetic north and __________ are not the same.
Geographic north
23.5
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
Heat injury

47. It's not acceptable within the LNT philosophy to _____________ with biodegradable soap.
60 minutes
Poison oak rash
Wash your dishes in a stream
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.

48. A person with ____________ has lost the ability to rewarm on her/his own.
The county sheriff
Magnetic north pole
Moderate hypothermia
Cotton

49. Sound - including thunder - travels about a mile in __ seconds near the ground.
Evaporation
5 seconds
25 times faster
Poison oak rash

50. To protect the riparian area - select a campsite location at least ___ feet away from lakes - streams - etc.
Head region
Moderate
Moderate
200 feet