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Wilderness Survival

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The sun is approximately due south at what time of day during the month of August?
The county sheriff
Moderate hypothermia
1:00pm
Poison oak rash

2. If the separation between the flash of lightning and the clap of thunder is 20 seconds - the lightning is how far away?
15 minutes
The point the lost person was last seen
4 miles
Help - a distress call

3. Name the three types of shelter designs
Brain cells
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
Lean to - A frame - Dome
Conduction

4. How many minutes are there are there in one degree of latitude or longitude?
4 maps
Radiation
60 minutes
1:00pm

5. To protect the riparian area - select a campsite location at least ___ feet away from lakes - streams - etc.
Polaris
Fresh water fish
1:00pm
200 feet

6. The umbles. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Moderate
Protozoa
Iron in rocks
Slow jog

7. High altitude begins at what elevation?
Cloudy = 3 degrees
8000 feet
Lean to - A frame - Dome
4 maps

8. Heat stroke is a life-threatening...
Equal elevation
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Heat injury
UV radiation

9. Person feels cold/lags behind. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Brain cells
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Mild
1:2

10. A hot shower can relieve the itching common to...
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
Poison oak rash
Mild
Head region

11. 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.
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
Brain cells
4 maps

12. Water conducts heat away from the body approximately __ times faster than air at the same temperature.
Convection
60 minutes
Moderate hypothermia
25 times faster

13. What is the value of declination in the Eugene area?
Severe
17 degrees
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 to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles

14. Generally speaking - a lightning bolt will hit the...
Highest thing around
Geographic north
Mild
Oxygen - fuel - heat

15. 7.5-minute maps made by the USGS generally span how many miles north to south? East to west?
4 miles
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
Mountain
8000 feet

16. _________ pack more energy per gram than carbohydrates.
Fat
Head region
12 hours
15

17. At northern altitudes in December - the sun rises south of east and sets...
4 maps
Moderate
Poison oak rash
South of west

18. Ataxia. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Moderate
Oxygen - fuel - heat
Rise or be lifted
Cloudy = 3 degrees

19. A majority of the energy derived from the food we eat goes into...
Radiation
Heat production
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
2 degrees

20. What is the first core organ to exhibit signs of being affected by hypothermia?
200 feet
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
Brain
Moderate

21. A person with ____________ has lost the ability to rewarm on her/his own.
A 7.5-minute map
Moderate hypothermia
Shadows
17 degrees

22. The ______ of the compass needle points towards magnetic north.
Wash your dishes in a stream
Red end
Lean to - A frame - Dome
Cloudy = 3 degrees

23. S.U.R.V.I.V.A.L
Dead
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
Brain cells
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water

24. Heat loss due to physical contact with a cooler object is called ___
Geographic north
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.
Exercise
Conduction

25. Exposure of an area to cool - wet conditions for approximately __ hours is necessary to produce trench foot.
Sterilizing
Help - a distress call
North-south
12 hours

26. What four parts of your body should you keep clean?
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
17 degrees
Severe
Level of dehydration

27. Searchers usually begin their search for a lost person from what location?
Shadows
Highest thing around
In the extremities
The point the lost person was last seen

28. A 10-percent loss of body fluids results in...
Level of dehydration
Oxygen - fuel - heat
1:00pm
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs

29. Sweating is a form of ___ heat loss.
4 maps
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.
200 feet
Evaporation

30. When the sun is at a bearing of 240 degrees in the sky - the shadows point to __.
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.
The point the lost person was last seen
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
60 degrees

31. Dehydration results from inadequate replacement of lost body fluids.A 5-percent loss results in...
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
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.
Power lines
In the extremities

32. How many 7.5-minute maps are required to represent the same area as one 15-minute map?
4 maps
1:00pm
Iodine water purification tablets
1:24000

33. 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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34. _________ is not an effective insulator in wet - cold conditions.
Heat production
Cotton
Head region
4 maps

35. The earth's axis is tilted _____ degrees from vertical.
23.5
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
Increases
Help - a distress call

36. What is the ratio of shelter insulation on top to ground cover?
Poison oak rash
1:2
Highest thing around
The county sheriff

37. Uncontrollable shivering. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
2 degrees
Slow jog
Moderate
Oxygen - fuel - heat

38. On the spring and fall ____ the sun rises exactly east and sets exactly west.
4 miles
Internal temperature
Equinoxes
Wash your dishes in a stream

39. Clouds do not block...
Rise or be lifted
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
UV radiation
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)

40. A 15-percent loss of body fluids results in...
Magnetic north pole
Index
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
1:24000

41. Shivering requires the energy of a...
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
Moderate
Slow jog
Radiation

42. Name some plants that can provide nourishment in the wild
Moderate
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Fresh water fish
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus

43. B.L.I.S.S
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Brain
Poison oak rash
Head region

44. __________ kill cryptosporidium as well as Giardia
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
Equal elevation
Iodine water purification tablets
Moderate

45. All others factors being equal - when air rises in a cloudy sky it cools at the rate of __degrees/1000ft.
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Mild
Brain cells
60 minutes

46. The most common map scale for a 7.5-minute map is...
1:24000
15 minutes
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
1:2

47. The name of the north star is ___.
Equidistant
Polaris
2 degrees
Brain

48. If you set up camp in a pristine area - you should move camp every day to...
Minimize impact
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
1:24000

49. Every 5th contour line is darker in color. This line is called an __ contour line.
Evaporation
Index
15 minutes
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.

50. Orographic lifting is the lifting of air over a _____ barrier.
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Slow jog
Mountain
200 feet