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Wilderness Survival

Subjects : literacy, soft-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Name the four category plants fall into






2. _________ pack more energy per gram than carbohydrates.






3. Humans do not inherently acquire a...






4. What four parts of your body should you keep clean?






5. The earth's axis is tilted _____ degrees from vertical.






6. A majority of the energy derived from the food we eat goes into...






7. If the separation between the flash of lightning and the clap of thunder is 20 seconds - the lightning is how far away?






8. A small cave - Beneath a lone tree






9. Three blasts of a whistle means ____.






10. All _____________ are non-poisonous






11. What is the ratio of shelter insulation on top to ground cover?






12. A person with ____________ has lost the ability to rewarm on her/his own.






13. It is not always ok to use ________ as a treatment modality for someone experiencing mild or moderate hypothermia.






14. The color black on the map represents what kind of features?






15. List - in order - the treatment for mild hypothermia.






16. _________ is not an effective insulator in wet - cold conditions.






17. High altitude begins at what elevation?






18. A 10-percent loss of body fluids results in...






19. Name the three parts of the fire triangle.






20. The umbles. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?






21. The average apparent motion of the sun across the sky is ____ degrees per hour.






22. Loss of fine motor control in hands. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?






23. Sound - including thunder - travels about a mile in __ seconds near the ground.






24. When the sun is at a bearing of 240 degrees in the sky - the shadows point to __.






25. A contour line is a line that connects points of ___ ____.






26. Name the three types of shelter designs






27. The kind of air space that exists between fibers and is responsible for trapping body heat is called ___ air space.






28. Shivering requires the energy of a...






29. What is the first core organ to exhibit signs of being affected by hypothermia?






30. The name of the north star is ___.






31. Loss of body heat to circulating wind is called ___.






32. __________ kill cryptosporidium as well as Giardia






33. Exposure of an area to cool - wet conditions for approximately __ hours is necessary to produce trench foot.






34. Heat loss due to physical contact with a cooler object is called ___






35. Lines of latitude run east-west and lines of longitude run...






36. A 15-percent loss of body fluids results in...






37. Your thirst mechanism is not a very good indicator of your...






38. If you set up camp in a pristine area - you should move camp every day to...






39. Water conducts heat away from the body approximately __ times faster than air at the same temperature.






40. Lines of latitude run __________ from each other.






41. As you gain elevation - the percentage of O2 in the air...






42. How many 7.5-minute maps are required to represent the same area as one 15-minute map?






43. The mechanism of heat loss that is the most common when the body is at rest is ___






44. Every 5th contour line is darker in color. This line is called an __ contour line.






45. The three forces of nature that work to decompose solid waste are ___ - ___ - and ___.






46. S.U.R.V.I.V.A.L






47. Hypothermia is a lowering of the body's ___.






48. Ataxia. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?






49. Person feels cold/lags behind. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?






50. R.I.C.E