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Wilderness Survival

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Heat stroke is a life-threatening...
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
Heat production
Moderate hypothermia
Heat injury

2. When the sun is at a bearing of 240 degrees in the sky - the shadows point to __.
Minimize impact
60 degrees
Iron in rocks
Internal temperature

3. What are the four cardinal points and inter cardinal points of the compass?
60 degrees
Moderate
Polaris
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW

4. Exposure of an area to cool - wet conditions for approximately __ hours is necessary to produce trench foot.
Help - a distress call
Magnetic north pole
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.
12 hours

5. S.U.R.V.I.V.A.L
Conduction
Heat production
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
Cooling systems

6. Name some plants that can provide nourishment in the wild
1:24000
Minimize impact
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Moderate

7. High altitude begins at what elevation?
8000 feet
Radiation
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Polaris

8. _______ are shorter in the summer than they are in the winter.
Mild
Shadows
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
Radiation

9. Lines of latitude run east-west and lines of longitude run...
Convection
Severe
Equinoxes
North-south

10. _________ pack more energy per gram than carbohydrates.
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
15 minutes
Fat
Equinoxes

11. Sound - including thunder - travels about a mile in __ seconds near the ground.
Not adequately hydrated
Mild
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.

12. Shivering requires the energy of a...
Power lines
Heat injury
Slow jog
Radiation

13. The earth's axis is tilted _____ degrees from vertical.
15 minutes
200 feet
23.5
Moderate

14. Water conducts heat away from the body approximately __ times faster than air at the same temperature.
60 minutes
25 times faster
The point the lost person was last seen
1:00pm

15. Down is a good choice as an insulator for...
15
Minimize impact
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
Wet - rainy conditions

16. All others factors being equal - when air rises in a cloudy sky it cools at the rate of __degrees/1000ft.
Minimize impact
Mountain
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Heat production

17. What is the value of declination in the Eugene area?
Wash your dishes in a stream
17 degrees
25 times faster
Heat injury

18. Name the five parts of the bow drill.
Convection
The county sheriff
23.5
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle

19. Hypothermia is a lowering of the body's ___.
Internal temperature
The point the lost person was last seen
1:2
Increases

20. The mechanism of heat loss that is the most common when the body is at rest is ___
Radiation
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Heat production
Magnetic north pole

21. If you set up camp in a pristine area - you should move camp every day to...
Minimize impact
A 7.5-minute map
Help - a distress call
15

22. Humans have very efficient...
Poison oak rash
Cooling systems
Fat
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location

23. Fine shivering. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Moderate
Mild
1:2
Sterilizing

24. Three blasts of a whistle means ____.
Radiation
12 hours
5 seconds
Help - a distress call

25. Sweating is a form of ___ heat loss.
Evaporation
Shadows
Cooling systems
UV radiation

26. Searchers usually begin their search for a lost person from what location?
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
4 maps
8000 feet
The point the lost person was last seen

27. Name the three parts of the fire triangle.
Oxygen - fuel - heat
The point the lost person was last seen
North-south
Brain cells

28. Generally speaking - a lightning bolt will hit the...
Head region
Highest thing around
15
Cloudless= 5 degrees

29. A 10-percent loss of body fluids results in...
Magnetic north pole
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
Wet - rainy conditions
Iodine water purification tablets

30. Giardia lamblia is a ____
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
Protozoa
Heat production
Cloudless= 5 degrees

31. Every 5th contour line is darker in color. This line is called an __ contour line.
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
Radiation
Index
1:2

32. Name the three types of shelter designs
Lean to - A frame - Dome
Red end
Rise or be lifted
Internal temperature

33. ___________ does not degrade quickly in water sources such as lakes and streams.
Mild
Biodegradable soap
8000 feet
Rise or be lifted

34. Humans do not inherently acquire a...
Sense of direction
Polaris
Cooling systems
Increases

35. The kind of air space that exists between fibers and is responsible for trapping body heat is called ___ air space.
Dead
4 maps
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
200 feet

36. ________ is a naturally occurring mineral that can deflect the compass needle.
Iron in rocks
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Increases
Fresh water fish

37. At rest - the majority of heat production does not occur in the...
A 7.5-minute map
Not adequately hydrated
15 minutes
Head region

38. The color black on the map represents what kind of features?
South of west
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
4 miles
Dead

39. A contour line is a line that connects points of ___ ____.
Wash your dishes in a stream
Equal elevation
South of west
60 degrees

40. 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.
Cotton
Mild
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location

41. Ataxia. Mild - Moderate - or Server 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.
The point the lost person was last seen
Moderate
Index

42. 7.5-minute maps made by the USGS generally span how many miles north to south? East to west?
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
23.5
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate

43. A person with ____________ has lost the ability to rewarm on her/his own.
Mild
Moderate hypothermia
Mountain
23.5

44. An initial reaction of the body when it attempts to cool itself is to dilate the blood vessels...
Lean to - A frame - Dome
Cloudless= 5 degrees
In the extremities
1:24000

45. R.I.C.E
Moderate hypothermia
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
Geographic north
Iodine water purification tablets

46. The average apparent motion of the sun across the sky is ____ degrees per hour.
15
The county sheriff
Highest thing around
Level of dehydration

47. What is the first core organ to exhibit signs of being affected by hypothermia?
Sterilizing
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
Highest thing around
Brain

48. Glucose (blood sugar) is the only fuel normally used by...
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.
Brain cells
Level of dehydration
17 degrees

49. Which map provides more detail - a 7.5-minute map or a 15-minute map?
17 degrees
A 7.5-minute map
60 degrees
23.5

50. The sun is approximately due south at what time of day during the month of August?
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
South of west
Poison oak rash
1:00pm