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Wilderness Survival

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1. 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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2. Uncontrollable shivering. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Moderate hypothermia
Equinoxes
Head region
Moderate

3. A small cave - Beneath a lone tree
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Highest thing around
15 minutes
2 degrees

4. Name the three types of shelter designs
Lean to - A frame - Dome
Equal elevation
Wash your dishes in a stream
4 miles

5. The name of the north star is ___.
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Polaris
Wet - rainy conditions
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles

6. Generally speaking - a lightning bolt will hit the...
Highest thing around
200 feet
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Equinoxes

7. For significant precipitation to form - air must...
4 maps
Rise or be lifted
Fat
Evaporation

8. What is the first core organ to exhibit signs of being affected by hypothermia?
Red end
23.5
Brain
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles

9. 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.
Internal temperature
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Shadows

10. Exposure of an area to cool - wet conditions for approximately __ hours is necessary to produce trench foot.
12 hours
Brain cells
Convection
Dead

11. A contour line is a line that connects points of ___ ____.
Severe
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 degrees
Equal elevation

12. The boiling point of water decreases __ degrees for every 1000 feet of elevation gain.
15
Oxygen - fuel - heat
2 degrees
Equidistant

13. Dehydration results from inadequate replacement of lost body fluids.A 5-percent loss results in...
Shadows
Minimize impact
Sterilizing
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea

14. Shivering stops. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
2 degrees
Dead
Minimize impact
Severe

15. __________ can cause deviation of the compass needle.
Iodine water purification tablets
Power lines
4 maps
1:00pm

16. Every 5th contour line is darker in color. This line is called an __ contour line.
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
Power lines
Index
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

17. What is the first step you should take when you become lost?
Magnetic north pole
1:2
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Oxygen - fuel - heat

18. Loss of body heat to circulating wind is called ___.
Convection
The county sheriff
Moderate hypothermia
Biodegradable soap

19. A hot shower can relieve the itching common to...
Conduction
Highest thing around
Poison oak rash
Polaris

20. _______ are shorter in the summer than they are in the winter.
Shadows
Highest thing around
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.
Iodine water purification tablets

21. Water conducts heat away from the body approximately __ times faster than air at the same temperature.
25 times faster
17 degrees
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
A 7.5-minute map

22. A person with ____________ has lost the ability to rewarm on her/his own.
Cloudless= 5 degrees
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Moderate hypothermia
Wet - rainy conditions

23. Magnetic north and __________ are not the same.
Sterilizing
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.
Moderate hypothermia
Geographic north

24. _________ is not an effective insulator in wet - cold conditions.
Wet - rainy conditions
Cotton
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous

25. As you gain elevation - the percentage of O2 in the air...
A 7.5-minute map
Not adequately hydrated
Increases
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location

26. The locations of the ______ is not fixed.
The point the lost person was last seen
15 minutes
Magnetic north pole
Moderate

27. The color black on the map represents what kind of features?
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW

28. Humans have very efficient...
15 minutes
Cloudy = 3 degrees
4 miles
Cooling systems

29. 7.5-minute maps made by the USGS generally span how many miles north to south? East to west?
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
8000 feet
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles

30. Heat stroke is a life-threatening...
1:2
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Conduction
Heat injury

31. The ______ of the compass needle points towards magnetic north.
South of west
Red end
5 seconds
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.

32. Name the three parts of the fire triangle.
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Equal elevation
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Oxygen - fuel - heat

33. _________ pack more energy per gram than carbohydrates.
Fat
Geographic north
12 hours
Biodegradable soap

34. If the separation between the flash of lightning and the clap of thunder is 20 seconds - the lightning is how far away?
4 miles
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
UV radiation
Moderate

35. Which map provides more detail - a 7.5-minute map or a 15-minute map?
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
A 7.5-minute map
4 miles

36. The kind of air space that exists between fibers and is responsible for trapping body heat is called ___ air space.
Increases
Cooling systems
Dead
Rise or be lifted

37. Name the five parts of the bow drill.
Mild
Wash your dishes in a stream
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
Head region

38. The most common map scale for a 7.5-minute map is...
Severe
1:24000
Moderate
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW

39. __________ kill cryptosporidium as well as Giardia
Slow jog
Iodine water purification tablets
Brain cells
Exercise

40. For maximum benefit - it's best to drink water at a rate of 1/4 liter every ___ minutes.
8000 feet
Poison oak rash
Cotton
15 minutes

41. Sweating is a form of ___ heat loss.
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
Evaporation
Exercise
Moderate

42. On the spring and fall ____ the sun rises exactly east and sets exactly west.
Wash your dishes in a stream
17 degrees
4 maps
Equinoxes

43. At northern altitudes in December - the sun rises south of east and sets...
Fat
South of west
Heat injury
Help - a distress call

44. How many minutes are there are there in one degree of latitude or longitude?
Level of dehydration
Cooling systems
60 minutes
Sterilizing

45. What is the ratio of shelter insulation on top to ground cover?
1:2
Mild
8000 feet
60 degrees

46. Clouds do not block...
UV radiation
Heat injury
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.
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)

47. Hypothermia is a lowering of the body's ___.
Brain cells
Biodegradable soap
Internal temperature
Mild

48. B.L.I.S.S
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Mild
2 degrees
Moderate

49. Glucose (blood sugar) is the only fuel normally used by...
Not adequately hydrated
Slow jog
Cooling systems
Brain cells

50. Name some plants that can provide nourishment in the wild
60 minutes
Magnetic north pole
A 7.5-minute map
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus