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Wilderness Survival

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What are the four cardinal points and inter cardinal points of the compass?
Evaporation
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Equidistant

2. The name of the north star is ___.
60 minutes
60 degrees
Polaris
UV radiation

3. _________ is not an effective insulator in wet - cold conditions.
Cotton
Radiation
4 miles
2 degrees

4. What is the ratio of shelter insulation on top to ground cover?
1:2
Sense of direction
Cooling systems
Mild

5. As you gain elevation - the percentage of O2 in the air...
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Evaporation
Increases
Polaris

6. A 10-percent loss of body fluids results in...
Fat
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
Oxygen - fuel - heat
Level of dehydration

7. __________ kill cryptosporidium as well as Giardia
Minimize impact
Iodine water purification tablets
Equidistant
Brain

8. What county agency organizes - and is responsible for search and rescue operations in Oregon?
Shadows
Polaris
The county sheriff
2 degrees

9. The locations of the ______ is not fixed.
Evaporation
Magnetic north pole
Fresh water fish
Increases

10. S.U.R.V.I.V.A.L
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
Mild
Rise or be lifted
Cooling systems

11. 7.5-minute maps made by the USGS generally span how many miles north to south? East to west?
Protozoa
Help - a distress call
Shadows
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles

12. Loss of fine motor control in hands. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Severe
Convection
Mild
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water

13. Loss of body heat to circulating wind is called ___.
Polaris
Lean to - A frame - Dome
Poison oak rash
Convection

14. Dehydration results from inadequate replacement of lost body fluids.A 5-percent loss results in...
15 minutes
Heat injury
Highest thing around
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea

15. Magnetic north and __________ are not the same.
Index
12 hours
Geographic north
Severe

16. Sweating is a form of ___ heat loss.
Evaporation
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.
60 degrees
12 hours

17. The earth's axis is tilted _____ degrees from vertical.
UV radiation
Highest thing around
Moderate
23.5

18. For significant precipitation to form - air must...
Moderate
60 degrees
Rise or be lifted
Convection

19. The sun is approximately due south at what time of day during the month of August?
Iron in rocks
Moderate hypothermia
15
1:00pm

20. Hypothermia is a lowering of the body's ___.
Sterilizing
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.
Dead
Internal temperature

21. ________ is a naturally occurring mineral that can deflect the compass needle.
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
Mild
Iron in rocks
4 miles

22. Humans have very efficient...
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
In the extremities
Cooling systems
Radiation

23. Water conducts heat away from the body approximately __ times faster than air at the same temperature.
Biodegradable soap
Lean to - A frame - Dome
Index
25 times faster

24. _______ are shorter in the summer than they are in the winter.
Iron in rocks
Shadows
Mild
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate

25. High altitude begins at what elevation?
Lean to - A frame - Dome
8000 feet
Protozoa
Moderate

26. List - in order - the treatment for mild hypothermia.
Help - a distress call
Head region
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.
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea

27. _________ pack more energy per gram than carbohydrates.
Geographic north
Fat
Moderate
Wash your dishes in a stream

28. The color black on the map represents what kind of features?
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
15
Fresh water fish
60 minutes

29. A small cave - Beneath a lone tree
4 miles
1:24000
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
The point the lost person was last seen

30. Sound - including thunder - travels about a mile in __ seconds near the ground.
5 seconds
Equidistant
Not adequately hydrated
Shadows

31. The average apparent motion of the sun across the sky is ____ degrees per hour.
15
8000 feet
Cloudless= 5 degrees
25 times faster

32. Exposure of an area to cool - wet conditions for approximately __ hours is necessary to produce trench foot.
Polaris
Dead
Cooling systems
12 hours

33. At northern altitudes in December - the sun rises south of east and sets...
Rise or be lifted
In the extremities
South of west
Mountain

34. The three forces of nature that work to decompose solid waste are ___ - ___ - and ___.
Internal temperature
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
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

35. Name some plants that can provide nourishment in the wild
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Fresh water fish
Fat
UV radiation

36. The most common map scale for a 7.5-minute map is...
1:00pm
Convection
1:24000
Internal temperature

37. Glucose (blood sugar) is the only fuel normally used by...
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
The point the lost person was last seen
In the extremities
Brain cells

38. The ______ of the compass needle points towards magnetic north.
Head region
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
17 degrees
Red end

39. Fine shivering. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Mild
Not adequately hydrated
Iron in rocks
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water

40. Lines of latitude run __________ from each other.
Equidistant
4 maps
Mild
23.5

41. A contour line is a line that connects points of ___ ____.
UV radiation
Equal elevation
Oxygen - fuel - heat
8000 feet

42. At rest - the majority of heat production does not occur in the...
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
Head region
Equal elevation
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth

43. The mechanism of heat loss that is the most common when the body is at rest is ___
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.
1:2
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
Radiation

44. The kind of air space that exists between fibers and is responsible for trapping body heat is called ___ air space.
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Sense of direction
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Dead

45. All others factors being equal - when air rises in a cloudy sky it cools at the rate of __degrees/1000ft.
12 hours
Cloudy = 3 degrees
5 seconds
The point the lost person was last seen

46. It's not acceptable within the LNT philosophy to _____________ with biodegradable soap.
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Wash your dishes in a stream
Brain

47. An initial reaction of the body when it attempts to cool itself is to dilate the blood vessels...
Exercise
In the extremities
Level of dehydration
Severe

48. Lines of latitude run east-west and lines of longitude run...
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
North-south
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW

49. If the separation between the flash of lightning and the clap of thunder is 20 seconds - the lightning is how far away?
Power lines
4 miles
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
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. Which map provides more detail - a 7.5-minute map or a 15-minute map?
200 feet
Conduction
A 7.5-minute map
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs