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Wilderness Survival

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The umbles. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Moderate
2 degrees
Highest thing around
Lean to - A frame - Dome

2. Ataxia. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
60 minutes
Dead
17 degrees
Moderate

3. Giardia lamblia is a ____
1:24000
17 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
Protozoa

4. 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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5. ________ is a naturally occurring mineral that can deflect the compass needle.
Cotton
Brain cells
The county sheriff
Iron in rocks

6. Sweating is a form of ___ heat loss.
Evaporation
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
Increases
1:2

7. All others factors being equal - when air rises in a cloudy sky it cools at the rate of __degrees/1000ft.
Cloudy = 3 degrees
15 minutes
Index
Mild

8. R.I.C.E
North-south
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
Evaporation

9. The sun is approximately due south at what time of day during the month of August?
UV radiation
1:00pm
1:24000
Iron in rocks

10. A person with ____________ has lost the ability to rewarm on her/his own.
Sense of direction
Geographic north
Moderate hypothermia
1:00pm

11. If the separation between the flash of lightning and the clap of thunder is 20 seconds - the lightning is how far away?
Help - a distress call
Mountain
Heat injury
4 miles

12. Name the three types of shelter designs
Wash your dishes in a stream
Increases
Evaporation
Lean to - A frame - Dome

13. For maximum benefit - it's best to drink water at a rate of 1/4 liter every ___ minutes.
Biodegradable soap
Moderate hypothermia
15 minutes
North-south

14. _______ are shorter in the summer than they are in the winter.
60 degrees
Mountain
Rise or be lifted
Shadows

15. Loss of fine motor control in hands. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Head region
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Mild
Rise or be lifted

16. Uncontrollable shivering. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Moderate
Mild
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
Shadows

17. Describe the difference between filtering water and purifying water.
4 miles
Moderate hypothermia
Help - a distress call
Sterilizing

18. Humans do not inherently acquire a...
4 miles
Convection
Sense of direction
Sterilizing

19. Name the three parts of the fire triangle.
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
Oxygen - fuel - heat
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
Magnetic north pole

20. A majority of the energy derived from the food we eat goes into...
12 hours
Poison oak rash
Heat production
Moderate hypothermia

21. The color black on the map represents what kind of features?
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
5 seconds
Equidistant

22. A contour line is a line that connects points of ___ ____.
Equal elevation
Exercise
Cooling systems
25 times faster

23. 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
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.
Shadows

24. Three blasts of a whistle means ____.
Slow jog
Iron in rocks
Help - a distress call
17 degrees

25. What is the first core organ to exhibit signs of being affected by hypothermia?
Biodegradable soap
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
Brain
Exercise

26. A 15-percent loss of body fluids results in...
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Heat injury
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Cotton

27. Fine shivering. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
12 hours
Mild
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.
Biodegradable soap

28. A small cave - Beneath a lone tree
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Increases
Lean to - A frame - Dome

29. How many minutes are there are there in one degree of latitude or longitude?
5 seconds
1:00pm
60 minutes
Red end

30. List - in order - the treatment for mild hypothermia.
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.
South of west
Sense of direction
Iron in rocks

31. Shivering stops. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Severe
Mild
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.
Evaporation

32. As you gain elevation - the percentage of O2 in the air...
Rise or be lifted
Increases
60 degrees
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm

33. If you set up camp in a pristine area - you should move camp every day to...
23.5
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Lean to - A frame - Dome
Minimize impact

34. Dehydration results from inadequate replacement of lost body fluids.A 5-percent loss results in...
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
12 hours
Cotton
Radiation

35. The most common map scale for a 7.5-minute map is...
1:24000
Brain cells
Polaris
1:2

36. B.L.I.S.S
Moderate
Mountain
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Shadows

37. To protect the riparian area - select a campsite location at least ___ feet away from lakes - streams - etc.
Wet - rainy conditions
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
Help - a distress call
200 feet

38. Hypothermia is a lowering of the body's ___.
Heat injury
Brain cells
Power lines
Internal temperature

39. Orographic lifting is the lifting of air over a _____ barrier.
Evaporation
Mountain
23.5
Wash your dishes in a stream

40. The boiling point of water decreases __ degrees for every 1000 feet of elevation gain.
2 degrees
Geographic north
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
The county sheriff

41. At rest - the majority of heat production does not occur in the...
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
Head region
Internal temperature

42. Which map provides more detail - a 7.5-minute map or a 15-minute map?
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
A 7.5-minute map
Iodine water purification tablets
The point the lost person was last seen

43. An initial reaction of the body when it attempts to cool itself is to dilate the blood vessels...
Iron in rocks
In the extremities
Level of dehydration
Shadows

44. A 10-percent loss of body fluids results in...
4 maps
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
Internal temperature
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin

45. What are the four cardinal points and inter cardinal points of the compass?
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Equal elevation
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
Sense of direction

46. The ______ of the compass needle points towards magnetic north.
Poison oak rash
Red end
Polaris
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous

47. Shivering requires the energy of a...
The point the lost person was last seen
Biodegradable soap
2 degrees
Slow jog

48. Searchers usually begin their search for a lost person from what location?
The point the lost person was last seen
UV radiation
Oxygen - fuel - heat
South of west

49. _________ is not an effective insulator in wet - cold conditions.
Geographic north
Cotton
Slow jog
23.5

50. Person feels cold/lags behind. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Mild
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
In the extremities
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW