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Wilderness Survival

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Humans do not inherently acquire a...
1:2
Radiation
Sense of direction
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location

2. Loss of body heat to circulating wind is called ___.
Convection
4 maps
Minimize impact
Cloudless= 5 degrees

3. What county agency organizes - and is responsible for search and rescue operations in Oregon?
Poison oak rash
The county sheriff
Index
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth

4. Magnetic north and __________ are not the same.
A 7.5-minute map
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Geographic north
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle

5. Lines of latitude run __________ from each other.
Convection
Help - a distress call
Wash your dishes in a stream
Equidistant

6. Exposure of an area to cool - wet conditions for approximately __ hours is necessary to produce trench foot.
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
12 hours
Help - a distress call
Wet - rainy conditions

7. Down is a good choice as an insulator for...
Mild
North-south
Cotton
Wet - rainy conditions

8. What is the ratio of shelter insulation on top to ground cover?
Sterilizing
Radiation
1:2
Iron in rocks

9. The kind of air space that exists between fibers and is responsible for trapping body heat is called ___ air space.
Dead
Increases
Iodine water purification tablets
Severe

10. The most common map scale for a 7.5-minute map is...
1:24000
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.
Wash your dishes in a stream

11. It's not acceptable within the LNT philosophy to _____________ with biodegradable soap.
Wash your dishes in a stream
1:24000
Lean to - A frame - Dome
Sense of direction

12. 7.5-minute maps made by the USGS generally span how many miles north to south? East to west?
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
Geographic north
Rise or be lifted

13. Person feels cold/lags behind. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
15 minutes
The county sheriff
Shadows
Mild

14. To protect the riparian area - select a campsite location at least ___ feet away from lakes - streams - etc.
12 hours
200 feet
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Wet - rainy conditions

15. __________ can cause deviation of the compass needle.
Fresh water fish
Cotton
Power lines
The point the lost person was last seen

16. _______ are shorter in the summer than they are in the winter.
2 degrees
Shadows
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
1:00pm

17. All others factors being equal - when air rises in a cloudless sky it cools at the rate of __degrees/1000ft.
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
Cloudless= 5 degrees
Index
Not adequately hydrated

18. Heat loss due to physical contact with a cooler object is called ___
Sense of direction
In the extremities
Conduction
Minimize impact

19. R.I.C.E
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
Increases
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
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.

20. Uncontrollable shivering. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
1:24000
Moderate
Wash your dishes in a stream
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous

21. Shivering requires the energy of a...
Slow jog
Oxygen - fuel - heat
Geographic north
UV radiation

22. At rest - the majority of heat production does not occur in the...
2 degrees
Head region
Mild
Equidistant

23. ________ is a naturally occurring mineral that can deflect the compass needle.
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
Iron in rocks
Sense of direction
15

24. High altitude begins at what elevation?
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
8000 feet
Equinoxes
Geographic north

25. A person with ____________ has lost the ability to rewarm on her/his own.
Cloudless= 5 degrees
25 times faster
The county sheriff
Moderate hypothermia

26. Hypothermia is a lowering of the body's ___.
2 degrees
Internal temperature
Severe
Brain cells

27. Humans have very efficient...
Cooling systems
Radiation
Brain
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW

28. Generally speaking - a lightning bolt will hit the...
Highest thing around
Brain
Cloudy = 3 degrees
25 times faster

29. A small cave - Beneath a lone tree
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
In the extremities

30. A majority of the energy derived from the food we eat goes into...
Heat production
Equidistant
Mountain
Sense of direction

31. __________ kill cryptosporidium as well as Giardia
Iodine water purification tablets
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Increases
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW

32. Clouds do not block...
UV radiation
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Moderate hypothermia
Internal temperature

33. How many minutes are there are there in one degree of latitude or longitude?
17 degrees
60 minutes
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Equinoxes

34. Giardia lamblia is a ____
12 hours
25 times faster
Protozoa
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth

35. Loss of fine motor control in hands. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Moderate
Mild
60 degrees
North-south

36. Name the three types of shelter designs
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
Lean to - A frame - Dome
Severe

37. A contour line is a line that connects points of ___ ____.
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Shadows
Equal elevation
Equinoxes

38. The name of the north star is ___.
Fat
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
1:00pm
Polaris

39. What are the four cardinal points and inter cardinal points of the compass?
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW

40. The earth's axis is tilted _____ degrees from vertical.
23.5
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.
North-south
Sense of direction

41. Name the four category plants fall into
15
Brain cells
2 degrees
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous

42. All _____________ are non-poisonous
200 feet
Brain cells
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
Fresh water fish

43. Shivering stops. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
UV radiation
Oxygen - fuel - heat
Severe
Equinoxes

44. On the spring and fall ____ the sun rises exactly east and sets exactly west.
Equinoxes
A 7.5-minute map
Not adequately hydrated
Mountain

45. Lines of latitude run east-west and lines of longitude run...
Shadows
Moderate
Polaris
North-south

46. If you set up camp in a pristine area - you should move camp every day to...
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
Minimize impact
Fresh water fish
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea

47. Searchers usually begin their search for a lost person from what location?
12 hours
Polaris
The point the lost person was last seen
23.5

48. It is not always ok to use ________ as a treatment modality for someone experiencing mild or moderate hypothermia.
Exercise
Power lines
1:2
Not adequately hydrated

49. What four parts of your body should you keep clean?
Brain
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
1:24000
Poison oak rash

50. _________ is not an effective insulator in wet - cold conditions.
1:00pm
Cotton
25 times faster
Exercise