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Wilderness Survival

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A majority of the energy derived from the food we eat goes into...
Power lines
Polaris
Heat production
Equal elevation

2. 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.
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
The point the lost person was last seen
Geographic north

3. It is not always ok to use ________ as a treatment modality for someone experiencing mild or moderate hypothermia.
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
200 feet
Fresh water fish
Exercise

4. The kind of air space that exists between fibers and is responsible for trapping body heat is called ___ air space.
Rise or be lifted
Geographic north
Dead
Internal temperature

5. For significant precipitation to form - air must...
Rise or be lifted
1:00pm
Red end
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm

6. How many minutes are there are there in one degree of latitude or longitude?
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
North-south
Geographic north
60 minutes

7. The umbles. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Oxygen - fuel - heat
15 minutes
Moderate

8. What is the value of declination in the Eugene area?
17 degrees
Brain cells
Heat production
Wet - rainy conditions

9. All _____________ are non-poisonous
Shadows
Fresh water fish
Convection
23.5

10. Glucose (blood sugar) is the only fuel normally used by...
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Highest thing around
Brain cells

11. Magnetic north and __________ are not the same.
Wash your dishes in a stream
Geographic north
The point the lost person was last seen
A 7.5-minute map

12. R.I.C.E
Radiation
15
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW

13. Loss of fine motor control in hands. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Mild
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
Conduction
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.

14. The sun is approximately due south at what time of day during the month of August?
Magnetic north pole
1:00pm
60 minutes
Protozoa

15. Three blasts of a whistle means ____.
Help - a distress call
Fat
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
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles

16. What county agency organizes - and is responsible for search and rescue operations in Oregon?
Radiation
The county sheriff
Geographic north
Lean to - A frame - Dome

17. Humans do not inherently acquire a...
Index
Polaris
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
Sense of direction

18. Searchers usually begin their search for a lost person from what location?
The point the lost person was last seen
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
1:00pm
The county sheriff

19. The most common map scale for a 7.5-minute map is...
Severe
1:24000
Dead
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. A 10-percent loss of body fluids results in...
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
Radiation
60 degrees
Geographic north

21. What is the first core organ to exhibit signs of being affected by hypothermia?
Mild
Cloudy = 3 degrees
200 feet
Brain

22. 7.5-minute maps made by the USGS generally span how many miles north to south? East to west?
Moderate hypothermia
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
Equinoxes
Brain

23. Shivering stops. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
2 degrees
Highest thing around
Severe
Sterilizing

24. When the sun is at a bearing of 240 degrees in the sky - the shadows point to __.
17 degrees
Wash your dishes in a stream
60 degrees
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin

25. It's not acceptable within the LNT philosophy to _____________ with biodegradable soap.
Biodegradable soap
Wash your dishes in a stream
Poison oak rash
Moderate

26. Describe the difference between filtering water and purifying water.
Conduction
Sterilizing
Magnetic north pole
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate

27. Heat loss due to physical contact with a cooler object is called ___
Moderate
200 feet
Conduction
Internal temperature

28. Water conducts heat away from the body approximately __ times faster than air at the same temperature.
25 times faster
1:24000
Moderate
Biodegradable soap

29. Humans have very efficient...
Cooling systems
Shadows
Dead
Geographic north

30. Hypothermia is a lowering of the body's ___.
The point the lost person was last seen
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
Internal temperature
Dead

31. Sound - including thunder - travels about a mile in __ seconds near the ground.
5 seconds
Geographic north
Rise or be lifted
15 minutes

32. The three forces of nature that work to decompose solid waste are ___ - ___ - and ___.
The point the lost person was last seen
Equal elevation
North-south
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water

33. What is the first step you should take when you become lost?
Cooling systems
5 seconds
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Mild

34. Exposure of an area to cool - wet conditions for approximately __ hours is necessary to produce trench foot.
Biodegradable soap
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
12 hours
Sense of direction

35. Name some plants that can provide nourishment in the wild
Mild
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Oxygen - fuel - heat
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW

36. At rest - the majority of heat production does not occur in the...
Magnetic north pole
North-south
Head region
5 seconds

37. S.U.R.V.I.V.A.L
UV radiation
Oxygen - fuel - heat
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
Shadows

38. Giardia lamblia is a ____
Protozoa
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Iodine water purification tablets
Cloudy = 3 degrees

39. An initial reaction of the body when it attempts to cool itself is to dilate the blood vessels...
Poison oak rash
Sense of direction
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
In the extremities

40. _________ pack more energy per gram than carbohydrates.
South of west
Evaporation
Fat
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW

41. If you set up camp in a pristine area - you should move camp every day to...
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
Rise or be lifted
North-south
Minimize impact

42. _______ are shorter in the summer than they are in the winter.
Evaporation
Shadows
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Exercise

43. Fine shivering. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Mild
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
Dead
12 hours

44. Name the three types of shelter designs
Lean to - A frame - Dome
Convection
North-south
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.

45. High altitude begins at what elevation?
8000 feet
1:24000
Heat injury
Cooling systems

46. Orographic lifting is the lifting of air over a _____ barrier.
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
25 times faster
Mountain
In the extremities

47. To protect the riparian area - select a campsite location at least ___ feet away from lakes - streams - etc.
Equidistant
Fat
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
200 feet

48. Uncontrollable shivering. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
2 degrees
Head region
Moderate
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin

49. What is the ratio of shelter insulation on top to ground cover?
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
2 degrees
1:2
Increases

50. Lines of latitude run east-west and lines of longitude run...
North-south
Red end
Mild
Index