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Wilderness Survival

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Which map provides more detail - a 7.5-minute map or a 15-minute map?
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
A 7.5-minute map
Cloudless= 5 degrees
Head region

2. Humans have very efficient...
Wash your dishes in a stream
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Mild
Cooling systems

3. A majority of the energy derived from the food we eat goes into...
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
12 hours
Internal temperature
Heat production

4. _________ is not an effective insulator in wet - cold conditions.
Head region
Cotton
Evaporation
Moderate

5. Shivering stops. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
60 minutes
Severe
Equal elevation
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous

6. Down is a good choice as an insulator for...
Wet - rainy conditions
Cloudless= 5 degrees
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles

7. Dehydration results from inadequate replacement of lost body fluids.A 5-percent loss results in...
Not adequately hydrated
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
Dead
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)

8. List - in order - the treatment for mild hypothermia.
12 hours
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.
Highest thing around
UV radiation

9. Humans do not inherently acquire a...
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
UV radiation
Sense of direction
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea

10. Uncontrollable shivering. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
200 feet
Moderate
Polaris
Biodegradable soap

11. 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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12. What county agency organizes - and is responsible for search and rescue operations in Oregon?
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
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
The county sheriff

13. The kind of air space that exists between fibers and is responsible for trapping body heat is called ___ air space.
Magnetic north pole
4 miles
Dead
Fresh water fish

14. Exposure of an area to cool - wet conditions for approximately __ hours is necessary to produce trench foot.
Oxygen - fuel - heat
Iodine water purification tablets
12 hours
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle

15. A 15-percent loss of body fluids results in...
Mild
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
A 7.5-minute map
Equinoxes

16. A person with ____________ has lost the ability to rewarm on her/his own.
Moderate hypothermia
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
2 degrees

17. What are the four cardinal points and inter cardinal points of the compass?
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Cooling systems
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Lean to - A frame - Dome

18. The earth's axis is tilted _____ degrees from vertical.
4 miles
23.5
Head region
Index

19. Giardia lamblia is a ____
Fresh water fish
Protozoa
4 maps
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs

20. The ______ of the compass needle points towards magnetic north.
Iodine water purification tablets
Iron in rocks
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Red end

21. Sound - including thunder - travels about a mile in __ seconds near the ground.
60 degrees
5 seconds
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.
Mild

22. Heat stroke is a life-threatening...
Equidistant
12 hours
Heat injury
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin

23. As you gain elevation - the percentage of O2 in the air...
Wash your dishes in a stream
Evaporation
Increases
Minimize impact

24. A small cave - Beneath a lone tree
Convection
60 degrees
Slow jog
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm

25. Three blasts of a whistle means ____.
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
Help - a distress call
In the extremities
Mild

26. What four parts of your body should you keep clean?
Evaporation
12 hours
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)

27. At northern altitudes in December - the sun rises south of east and sets...
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Conduction
Magnetic north pole
South of west

28. Clouds do not block...
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
1:00pm
UV radiation
12 hours

29. S.U.R.V.I.V.A.L
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
Convection
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
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

30. Generally speaking - a lightning bolt will hit the...
Highest thing around
Biodegradable soap
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
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.

31. High altitude begins at what elevation?
8000 feet
Heat production
4 maps
Moderate

32. If you set up camp in a pristine area - you should move camp every day to...
Minimize impact
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
Heat production
1:24000

33. Name some plants that can provide nourishment in the wild
Severe
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Sterilizing
Convection

34. Describe the difference between filtering water and purifying water.
Sterilizing
17 degrees
Equal elevation
Cloudy = 3 degrees

35. The average apparent motion of the sun across the sky is ____ degrees per hour.
15
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Fresh water fish
Mild

36. What is the ratio of shelter insulation on top to ground cover?
Mild
1:2
Moderate
Internal temperature

37. What is the first core organ to exhibit signs of being affected by hypothermia?
Brain
Sense of direction
UV radiation
Fat

38. How many minutes are there are there in one degree of latitude or longitude?
60 minutes
15
200 feet
Mountain

39. If the separation between the flash of lightning and the clap of thunder is 20 seconds - the lightning is how far away?
1:00pm
Fresh water fish
Cloudless= 5 degrees
4 miles

40. Loss of body heat to circulating wind is called ___.
Poison oak rash
Convection
Heat production
Brain

41. __________ kill cryptosporidium as well as Giardia
Cooling systems
Iodine water purification tablets
Equidistant
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea

42. All others factors being equal - when air rises in a cloudless sky it cools at the rate of __degrees/1000ft.
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Cloudless= 5 degrees
In the extremities
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous

43. Shivering requires the energy of a...
Slow jog
8000 feet
Power lines
Index

44. At rest - the majority of heat production does not occur in the...
The point the lost person was last seen
Fresh water fish
Head region
Protozoa

45. The sun is approximately due south at what time of day during the month of August?
The point the lost person was last seen
15 minutes
1:00pm
Highest thing around

46. The mechanism of heat loss that is the most common when the body is at rest is ___
1:24000
23.5
Poison oak rash
Radiation

47. _________ pack more energy per gram than carbohydrates.
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
Poison oak rash
Fat
Exercise

48. On the spring and fall ____ the sun rises exactly east and sets exactly west.
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
15 minutes
Equinoxes
Lean to - A frame - Dome

49. Can't perform complex mental tasks. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Mild
Moderate
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
Fat

50. ________ is a naturally occurring mineral that can deflect the compass needle.
Iron in rocks
Index
Shadows
Moderate