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Wilderness Survival

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A contour line is a line that connects points of ___ ____.
4 maps
Mountain
Equal elevation
Level of dehydration

2. All others factors being equal - when air rises in a cloudy sky it cools at the rate of __degrees/1000ft.
Cloudless= 5 degrees
Shadows
UV radiation
Cloudy = 3 degrees

3. What four parts of your body should you keep clean?
Increases
1:24000
60 degrees
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth

4. B.L.I.S.S
Wash your dishes in a stream
Heat production
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Equinoxes

5. Name the three parts of the fire triangle.
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
Oxygen - fuel - heat
23.5
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.

6. Magnetic north and __________ are not the same.
UV radiation
Geographic north
North-south
Evaporation

7. It is not always ok to use ________ as a treatment modality for someone experiencing mild or moderate hypothermia.
Exercise
Heat injury
Protozoa
Radiation

8. When the sun is at a bearing of 240 degrees in the sky - the shadows point to __.
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
25 times faster
60 degrees
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth

9. Exposure of an area to cool - wet conditions for approximately __ hours is necessary to produce trench foot.
Fresh water fish
Geographic north
12 hours
Protozoa

10. Humans do not inherently acquire a...
Equal elevation
Dead
Sense of direction
Equinoxes

11. Shivering stops. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Moderate hypothermia
Poison oak rash
Head region
Severe

12. ___________ does not degrade quickly in water sources such as lakes and streams.
Biodegradable soap
Level of dehydration
Moderate
Heat injury

13. The sun is approximately due south at what time of day during the month of August?
Index
1:00pm
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Protozoa

14. Humans have very efficient...
A 7.5-minute map
25 times faster
Cooling systems
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea

15. All _____________ are non-poisonous
Evaporation
Fresh water fish
1:00pm
Internal temperature

16. The most common map scale for a 7.5-minute map is...
Radiation
Heat injury
1:24000
Geographic north

17. What county agency organizes - and is responsible for search and rescue operations in Oregon?
The county sheriff
8000 feet
Brain
Internal temperature

18. Every 5th contour line is darker in color. This line is called an __ contour line.
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.
17 degrees
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Index

19. Lines of latitude run east-west and lines of longitude run...
Conduction
North-south
25 times faster
Rise or be lifted

20. The locations of the ______ is not fixed.
Fat
60 degrees
Magnetic north pole
Slow jog

21. Describe the difference between filtering water and purifying water.
Sterilizing
Mountain
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
Brain cells

22. 7.5-minute maps made by the USGS generally span how many miles north to south? East to west?
Poison oak rash
Head region
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles

23. The three forces of nature that work to decompose solid waste are ___ - ___ - and ___.
Level of dehydration
15
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
Wash your dishes in a stream

24. Uncontrollable shivering. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
60 minutes
Moderate
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
Cotton

25. Glucose (blood sugar) is the only fuel normally used by...
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Moderate
17 degrees
Brain cells

26. Three blasts of a whistle means ____.
23.5
Head region
Help - a distress call
Mild

27. Water conducts heat away from the body approximately __ times faster than air at the same temperature.
Rise or be lifted
25 times faster
Increases
Level of dehydration

28. Down is a good choice as an insulator for...
Increases
Polaris
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.
Wet - rainy conditions

29. Sweating is a form of ___ heat loss.
Poison oak rash
4 miles
60 degrees
Evaporation

30. Which map provides more detail - a 7.5-minute map or a 15-minute map?
A 7.5-minute map
Moderate hypothermia
Power lines
Heat injury

31. On the spring and fall ____ the sun rises exactly east and sets exactly west.
Fresh water fish
1:00pm
Equinoxes
Not adequately hydrated

32. High altitude begins at what elevation?
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
8000 feet
15 minutes
Protozoa

33. _________ is not an effective insulator in wet - cold conditions.
Heat production
Cotton
2 degrees
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth

34. _______ are shorter in the summer than they are in the winter.
Magnetic north pole
Moderate hypothermia
Shadows
Convection

35. At rest - the majority of heat production does not occur in the...
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
Oxygen - fuel - heat
15 minutes
Head region

36. At northern altitudes in December - the sun rises south of east and sets...
Exercise
Slow jog
South of west
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm

37. The ______ of the compass needle points towards magnetic north.
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
Red end
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
23.5

38. Ataxia. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Moderate
Dead
Equinoxes
The county sheriff

39. Your thirst mechanism is not a very good indicator of your...
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Moderate
Heat production
Level of dehydration

40. How many minutes are there are there in one degree of latitude or longitude?
Oxygen - fuel - heat
Iron in rocks
60 minutes
Head region

41. What is the ratio of shelter insulation on top to ground cover?
1:2
Level of dehydration
A 7.5-minute map
Cloudy = 3 degrees

42. Name the four category plants fall into
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
8000 feet
Moderate hypothermia
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous

43. Clouds do not block...
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.
UV radiation
Mild
The point the lost person was last seen

44. Giardia lamblia is a ____
Index
Protozoa
Level of dehydration
60 minutes

45. A 15-percent loss of body fluids results in...
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
Cooling systems
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
60 minutes

46. The boiling point of water decreases __ degrees for every 1000 feet of elevation gain.
2 degrees
Mountain
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
Sterilizing

47. R.I.C.E
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Rise or be lifted
4 maps
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate

48. The kind of air space that exists between fibers and is responsible for trapping body heat is called ___ air space.
Mild
Dead
Sense of direction
Equidistant

49. Loss of body heat to circulating wind is called ___.
Conduction
17 degrees
Convection
Mountain

50. List - in order - the treatment for mild hypothermia.
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
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.
Cloudless= 5 degrees