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Wilderness Survival

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Generally speaking - a lightning bolt will hit the...
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
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.
4 miles

2. Person feels cold/lags behind. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Mild
Fresh water fish
Moderate
Cloudy = 3 degrees

3. Ataxia. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Moderate
The point the lost person was last seen
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Geographic north

4. _________ pack more energy per gram than carbohydrates.
A 7.5-minute map
Fat
Heat production
Protozoa

5. Heat stroke is a life-threatening...
Heat injury
Severe
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
Exercise

6. The most common map scale for a 7.5-minute map is...
12 hours
1:24000
Heat production
Cloudless= 5 degrees

7. It is not always ok to use ________ as a treatment modality for someone experiencing mild or moderate hypothermia.
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Moderate
Exercise

8. Which map provides more detail - a 7.5-minute map or a 15-minute map?
Index
Red end
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
A 7.5-minute map

9. When the sun is at a bearing of 240 degrees in the sky - the shadows point to __.
Brain
Magnetic north pole
60 degrees
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus

10. Sound - including thunder - travels about a mile in __ seconds near the ground.
5 seconds
Internal temperature
Iron in rocks
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.

11. Uncontrollable shivering. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Sterilizing
Red end
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Moderate

12. Glucose (blood sugar) is the only fuel normally used by...
23.5
17 degrees
Red end
Brain cells

13. Fine shivering. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
200 feet
A 7.5-minute map
Mild
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin

14. Orographic lifting is the lifting of air over a _____ barrier.
South of west
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
Magnetic north pole
Mountain

15. Down is a good choice as an insulator for...
Wet - rainy conditions
15 minutes
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
200 feet

16. _________ is not an effective insulator in wet - cold conditions.
Cotton
2 degrees
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
Not adequately hydrated

17. 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.

18. What four parts of your body should you keep clean?
The point the lost person was last seen
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
4 miles
Slow jog

19. Name some plants that can provide nourishment in the wild
1:24000
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
4 maps
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles

20. The sun is approximately due south at what time of day during the month of August?
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
1:00pm
Brain
Wash your dishes in a stream

21. Sweating is a form of ___ heat loss.
Cotton
Evaporation
15 minutes
25 times faster

22. At northern altitudes in December - the sun rises south of east and sets...
Not adequately hydrated
Protozoa
Equal elevation
South of west

23. How many 7.5-minute maps are required to represent the same area as one 15-minute map?
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
15
4 maps
Brain cells

24. Name the three parts of the fire triangle.
Power lines
Oxygen - fuel - heat
Equal elevation
17 degrees

25. The kind of air space that exists between fibers and is responsible for trapping body heat is called ___ air space.
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
Dead
Shadows

26. As you gain elevation - the percentage of O2 in the air...
Mild
1:24000
Heat injury
Increases

27. Humans have very efficient...
Mild
60 minutes
Wash your dishes in a stream
Cooling systems

28. Name the five parts of the bow drill.
Exercise
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
A 7.5-minute map
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle

29. A contour line is a line that connects points of ___ ____.
Equal elevation
25 times faster
Evaporation
60 degrees

30. ________ is a naturally occurring mineral that can deflect the compass needle.
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.
Iron in rocks
Cloudy = 3 degrees

31. All _____________ are non-poisonous
Magnetic north pole
Head region
Fresh water fish
Iron in rocks

32. Loss of fine motor control in hands. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Mild
8000 feet
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)

33. The three forces of nature that work to decompose solid waste are ___ - ___ - and ___.
60 degrees
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
Shadows
Level of dehydration

34. 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.
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.
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Sterilizing

35. A 15-percent loss of body fluids results in...
Sense of direction
25 times faster
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Cotton

36. High altitude begins at what elevation?
Highest thing around
Protozoa
Moderate
8000 feet

37. It's not acceptable within the LNT philosophy to _____________ with biodegradable soap.
Severe
200 feet
5 seconds
Wash your dishes in a stream

38. R.I.C.E
Moderate
Index
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
5 seconds

39. A majority of the energy derived from the food we eat goes into...
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
Heat production
Increases

40. An initial reaction of the body when it attempts to cool itself is to dilate the blood vessels...
In the extremities
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
Conduction
Internal temperature

41. B.L.I.S.S
4 miles
2 degrees
Severe
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location

42. Three blasts of a whistle means ____.
South of west
Red end
Slow jog
Help - a distress call

43. How many minutes are there are there in one degree of latitude or longitude?
4 miles
UV radiation
60 minutes
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle

44. The umbles. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Moderate
Severe
UV radiation
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth

45. Hypothermia is a lowering of the body's ___.
Iron in rocks
Index
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
Internal temperature

46. What is the value of declination in the Eugene area?
UV radiation
1:24000
17 degrees
The county sheriff

47. All others factors being equal - when air rises in a cloudy sky it cools at the rate of __degrees/1000ft.
Magnetic north pole
15
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Help - a distress call

48. Shivering stops. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Cotton
Severe
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Power lines

49. Heat loss due to physical contact with a cooler object is called ___
25 times faster
Conduction
Shadows
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm

50. Your thirst mechanism is not a very good indicator of your...
Level of dehydration
Internal temperature
Moderate
Moderate