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Wilderness Survival

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Searchers usually begin their search for a lost person from what location?
Lean to - A frame - Dome
Mild
The point the lost person was last seen
Sense of direction

2. Loss of fine motor control in hands. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Oxygen - fuel - heat
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
Mild
Fat

3. What is the value of declination in the Eugene area?
Magnetic north pole
17 degrees
Mild
Radiation

4. Magnetic north and __________ are not the same.
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.
4 maps
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Geographic north

5. What is the first step you should take when you become lost?
Cloudless= 5 degrees
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Level of dehydration
25 times faster

6. Lines of latitude run __________ from each other.
Mild
8000 feet
Equidistant
Mild

7. Name some plants that can provide nourishment in the wild
Conduction
4 maps
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Sense of direction

8. Your thirst mechanism is not a very good indicator of your...
60 degrees
Slow jog
Moderate hypothermia
Level of dehydration

9. An initial reaction of the body when it attempts to cool itself is to dilate the blood vessels...
Heat production
In the extremities
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.
Polaris

10. List - in order - the treatment for mild hypothermia.
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
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.
Cloudless= 5 degrees
Moderate

11. When the sun is at a bearing of 240 degrees in the sky - the shadows point to __.
Increases
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Moderate
60 degrees

12. Generally speaking - a lightning bolt will hit the...
Poison oak rash
Highest thing around
Severe
Conduction

13. Humans have very efficient...
Cooling systems
Moderate
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.
Mild

14. The ______ of the compass needle points towards magnetic north.
Red end
Fresh water fish
Highest thing around
Moderate

15. How many 7.5-minute maps are required to represent the same area as one 15-minute map?
Wash your dishes in a stream
4 maps
Sense of direction
Rise or be lifted

16. Uncontrollable shivering. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Brain
Moderate
Heat production
Mild

17. Person feels cold/lags behind. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Exercise
4 miles
Moderate
Mild

18. _______ are shorter in the summer than they are in the winter.
Shadows
Heat injury
Wet - rainy conditions
Equinoxes

19. Can't perform complex mental tasks. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Sterilizing
Slow jog
Mild
Heat injury

20. The color black on the map represents what kind of features?
60 degrees
1:2
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
Power lines

21. Name the five parts of the bow drill.
60 minutes
Cloudless= 5 degrees
Cooling systems
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle

22. ___________ does not degrade quickly in water sources such as lakes and streams.
1:24000
Biodegradable soap
Exercise
Magnetic north pole

23. Orographic lifting is the lifting of air over a _____ barrier.
Conduction
5 seconds
15 minutes
Mountain

24. What are the four cardinal points and inter cardinal points of the compass?
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
Mild
1:00pm

25. To protect the riparian area - select a campsite location at least ___ feet away from lakes - streams - etc.
200 feet
Heat production
Mild
23.5

26. Ataxia. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
Moderate
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
1:24000

27. Hypothermia is a lowering of the body's ___.
Internal temperature
1:00pm
The county sheriff
Mild

28. As you gain elevation - the percentage of O2 in the air...
Increases
Fat
The county sheriff
A 7.5-minute map

29. It's not acceptable within the LNT philosophy to _____________ with biodegradable soap.
Poison oak rash
Mild
1:2
Wash your dishes in a stream

30. Lines of latitude run east-west and lines of longitude run...
North-south
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
Power lines
Minimize impact

31. A contour line is a line that connects points of ___ ____.
Power lines
Evaporation
Geographic north
Equal elevation

32. 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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33. Down is a good choice as an insulator for...
Highest thing around
Mild
Wet - rainy conditions
Exercise

34. R.I.C.E
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
North-south
Iron in rocks

35. The boiling point of water decreases __ degrees for every 1000 feet of elevation gain.
2 degrees
Slow jog
Wash your dishes in a stream
Cotton

36. __________ can cause deviation of the compass needle.
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Lean to - A frame - Dome
Cotton
Power lines

37. A small cave - Beneath a lone tree
8000 feet
Not adequately hydrated
Internal temperature
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm

38. How many minutes are there are there in one degree of latitude or longitude?
Wet - rainy conditions
Shadows
Convection
60 minutes

39. _________ pack more energy per gram than carbohydrates.
Fat
Protozoa
1:2
Dead

40. Exposure of an area to cool - wet conditions for approximately __ hours is necessary to produce trench foot.
Rise or be lifted
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
12 hours
60 degrees

41. Name the four category plants fall into
Lean to - A frame - Dome
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
Brain cells

42. Clouds do not block...
UV radiation
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
The point the lost person was last seen
Power lines

43. The umbles. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Iodine water purification tablets
Moderate
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Mild

44. A 10-percent loss of body fluids results in...
5 seconds
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
12 hours
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles

45. The sun is approximately due south at what time of day during the month of August?
Protozoa
Mild
Wet - rainy conditions
1:00pm

46. Heat loss due to physical contact with a cooler object is called ___
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Conduction
Power lines
25 times faster

47. Water conducts heat away from the body approximately __ times faster than air at the same temperature.
Wash your dishes in a stream
Mild
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
25 times faster

48. The kind of air space that exists between fibers and is responsible for trapping body heat is called ___ air space.
Convection
Cotton
Polaris
Dead

49. The earth's axis is tilted _____ degrees from vertical.
Minimize impact
23.5
Iron in rocks
Iodine water purification tablets

50. At rest - the majority of heat production does not occur in the...
Head region
Not adequately hydrated
Magnetic north pole
12 hours