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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 core organ to exhibit signs of being affected by hypothermia?
Geographic north
Increases
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
Brain

2. What is the first step you should take when you become lost?
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
1:00pm
2 degrees
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.

3. Describe the difference between filtering water and purifying water.
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Power lines
Equinoxes
Sterilizing

4. An initial reaction of the body when it attempts to cool itself is to dilate the blood vessels...
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
15
In the extremities
8000 feet

5. It is not always ok to use ________ as a treatment modality for someone experiencing mild or moderate hypothermia.
Mild
Iodine water purification tablets
Exercise
1:2

6. The earth's axis is tilted _____ degrees from vertical.
Moderate
200 feet
South of west
23.5

7. For significant precipitation to form - air must...
Level of dehydration
UV radiation
Rise or be lifted
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water

8. Magnetic north and __________ are not the same.
Head region
Rise or be lifted
Geographic north
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.

9. __________ can cause deviation of the compass needle.
60 minutes
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
Power lines
Highest thing around

10. Sound - including thunder - travels about a mile in __ seconds near the ground.
Mountain
Equidistant
5 seconds
Fresh water fish

11. All _____________ are non-poisonous
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
A 7.5-minute map
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
Fresh water fish

12. Giardia lamblia is a ____
Help - a distress call
Protozoa
1:24000
4 miles

13. Fine shivering. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Minimize impact
Not adequately hydrated
Mild
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.

14. When the sun is at a bearing of 240 degrees in the sky - the shadows point to __.
Wet - rainy conditions
200 feet
4 miles
60 degrees

15. __________ kill cryptosporidium as well as Giardia
Severe
Iodine water purification tablets
2 degrees
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

16. A 10-percent loss of body fluids results in...
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Dead

17. As you gain elevation - the percentage of O2 in the air...
60 minutes
Increases
Moderate
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.

18. If the separation between the flash of lightning and the clap of thunder is 20 seconds - the lightning is how far away?
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
4 miles
Heat production
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.

19. The kind of air space that exists between fibers and is responsible for trapping body heat is called ___ air space.
Dead
Moderate
Convection
The county sheriff

20. Three blasts of a whistle means ____.
Brain cells
1:24000
Lean to - A frame - Dome
Help - a distress call

21. Clouds do not block...
Oxygen - fuel - heat
The county sheriff
UV radiation
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.

22. Sweating is a form of ___ heat loss.
Rise or be lifted
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
1:00pm
Evaporation

23. The name of the north star is ___.
Mild
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Polaris
15

24. The ______ of the compass needle points towards magnetic north.
60 minutes
15
1:00pm
Red end

25. The average apparent motion of the sun across the sky is ____ degrees per hour.
Radiation
15
South of west
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea

26. _______ are shorter in the summer than they are in the winter.
Equidistant
Exercise
Shadows
Sense of direction

27. Uncontrollable shivering. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Index
Level of dehydration
1:24000
Moderate

28. Lines of latitude run east-west and lines of longitude run...
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
North-south
Moderate
Convection

29. A hot shower can relieve the itching common to...
Brain cells
Iodine water purification tablets
The point the lost person was last seen
Poison oak rash

30. Can't perform complex mental tasks. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Mild
Level of dehydration
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth

31. Name the five parts of the bow drill.
200 feet
1:24000
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
Geographic north

32. Humans do not inherently acquire a...
Sense of direction
4 miles
UV radiation
Equidistant

33. What is the ratio of shelter insulation on top to ground cover?
Sense of direction
Protozoa
4 maps
1:2

34. What county agency organizes - and is responsible for search and rescue operations in Oregon?
Internal temperature
Mild
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
The county sheriff

35. Down is a good choice as an insulator for...
Wet - rainy conditions
Rise or be lifted
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
Moderate

36. The sun is approximately due south at what time of day during the month of August?
Heat injury
Help - a distress call
1:00pm
Moderate

37. The boiling point of water decreases __ degrees for every 1000 feet of elevation gain.
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.
2 degrees
Level of dehydration
25 times faster

38. A contour line is a line that connects points of ___ ____.
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
Equal elevation
Cloudless= 5 degrees

39. Dehydration results from inadequate replacement of lost body fluids.A 5-percent loss results in...
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
Iron in rocks
1:2
Oxygen - fuel - heat

40. Name the three parts of the fire triangle.
Moderate
4 miles
Minimize impact
Oxygen - fuel - heat

41. Exposure of an area to cool - wet conditions for approximately __ hours is necessary to produce trench foot.
12 hours
Moderate
Slow jog
Geographic north

42. Name the four category plants fall into
17 degrees
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
The county sheriff
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin

43. At northern altitudes in December - the sun rises south of east and sets...
South of west
Evaporation
Equidistant
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus

44. Loss of body heat to circulating wind is called ___.
Power lines
Mountain
Convection
Exercise

45. How many minutes are there are there in one degree of latitude or longitude?
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
4 maps
60 minutes
Biodegradable soap

46. What four parts of your body should you keep clean?
Sterilizing
Not adequately hydrated
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
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

47. Generally speaking - a lightning bolt will hit the...
Red end
Highest thing around
Protozoa
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.

48. Searchers usually begin their search for a lost person from what location?
1:2
Conduction
The point the lost person was last seen
Magnetic north pole

49. Glucose (blood sugar) is the only fuel normally used by...
North-south
Minimize impact
Mild
Brain cells

50. Hypothermia is a lowering of the body's ___.
Internal temperature
Severe
In the extremities
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs