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Wilderness Survival

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Clouds do not block...
In the extremities
UV radiation
Moderate
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

2. Humans have very efficient...
Wash your dishes in a stream
Cooling systems
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)

3. Three blasts of a whistle means ____.
Help - a distress call
Equal elevation
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous

4. Exposure of an area to cool - wet conditions for approximately __ hours is necessary to produce trench foot.
Sterilizing
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
12 hours
Biodegradable soap

5. Shivering requires the energy of a...
Slow jog
Heat production
South of west
Exercise

6. All others factors being equal - when air rises in a cloudless sky it cools at the rate of __degrees/1000ft.
The county sheriff
Heat injury
Mountain
Cloudless= 5 degrees

7. Ataxia. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
1:2
Protozoa
Moderate
Moderate hypothermia

8. 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.

9. The mechanism of heat loss that is the most common when the body is at rest is ___
Protozoa
Fresh water fish
Radiation
Not adequately hydrated

10. A 15-percent loss of body fluids results in...
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Magnetic north pole
Wash your dishes in a stream
Sterilizing

11. Name the five parts of the bow drill.
Protozoa
60 degrees
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
Geographic north

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

13. Giardia lamblia is a ____
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
Level of dehydration
Protozoa

14. All others factors being equal - when air rises in a cloudy sky it cools at the rate of __degrees/1000ft.
8000 feet
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Evaporation
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus

15. All _____________ are non-poisonous
Evaporation
Equal elevation
Fresh water fish
4 miles

16. If you set up camp in a pristine area - you should move camp every day to...
Geographic north
Minimize impact
Cooling systems
Help - a distress call

17. Name the four category plants fall into
Oxygen - fuel - heat
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
UV radiation
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW

18. The average apparent motion of the sun across the sky is ____ degrees per hour.
Lean to - A frame - Dome
15
Mild
Moderate

19. Generally speaking - a lightning bolt will hit the...
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Moderate
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
Highest thing around

20. The most common map scale for a 7.5-minute map is...
1:24000
Not adequately hydrated
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
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.

21. The ______ of the compass needle points towards magnetic north.
Heat injury
Help - a distress call
Red end
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles

22. Heat loss due to physical contact with a cooler object is called ___
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.
Biodegradable soap
Not adequately hydrated
Conduction

23. A majority of the energy derived from the food we eat goes into...
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Iron in rocks
Heat production
Help - a distress call

24. The kind of air space that exists between fibers and is responsible for trapping body heat is called ___ air space.
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
Cotton
Dead
Increases

25. What four parts of your body should you keep clean?
Sense of direction
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
4 miles
Lean to - A frame - Dome

26. A contour line is a line that connects points of ___ ____.
Internal temperature
Cloudless= 5 degrees
Level of dehydration
Equal elevation

27. Water conducts heat away from the body approximately __ times faster than air at the same temperature.
Help - a distress call
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
25 times faster

28. _______ are shorter in the summer than they are in the winter.
Level of dehydration
Shadows
Red end
Mountain

29. What county agency organizes - and is responsible for search and rescue operations in Oregon?
8000 feet
The county sheriff
UV radiation
Rise or be lifted

30. Magnetic north and __________ are not the same.
25 times faster
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
Geographic north
23.5

31. What is the ratio of shelter insulation on top to ground cover?
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
1:2
Cloudless= 5 degrees
Mild

32. 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
1:2
1:00pm
Equinoxes

33. The color black on the map represents what kind of features?
Mild
Heat production
Not adequately hydrated
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)

34. When the sun is at a bearing of 240 degrees in the sky - the shadows point to __.
60 degrees
Mild
Moderate
Radiation

35. Lines of latitude run __________ from each other.
Equidistant
Oxygen - fuel - heat
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Wet - rainy conditions

36. As you gain elevation - the percentage of O2 in the air...
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
Increases
1:24000
Cloudless= 5 degrees

37. B.L.I.S.S
Wash your dishes in a stream
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Highest thing around

38. What is the value of declination in the Eugene area?
Cotton
17 degrees
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
15 minutes

39. Glucose (blood sugar) is the only fuel normally used by...
Exercise
4 miles
Not adequately hydrated
Brain cells

40. Name some plants that can provide nourishment in the wild
Protozoa
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
Equidistant
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus

41. A small cave - Beneath a lone tree
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Red end
Rise or be lifted

42. Orographic lifting is the lifting of air over a _____ barrier.
The county sheriff
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
2 degrees
Mountain

43. Hypothermia is a lowering of the body's ___.
Heat injury
Protozoa
Internal temperature
Equinoxes

44. How many 7.5-minute maps are required to represent the same area as one 15-minute map?
Polaris
Wash your dishes in a stream
Equal elevation
4 maps

45. Every 5th contour line is darker in color. This line is called an __ contour line.
Index
Mild
12 hours
Wet - rainy conditions

46. A 10-percent loss of body fluids results in...
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
5 seconds
Convection
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)

47. 7.5-minute maps made by the USGS generally span how many miles north to south? East to west?
Minimize impact
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
Brain cells
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea

48. What is the first step you should take when you become lost?
Internal temperature
25 times faster
The county sheriff
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.

49. Down is a good choice as an insulator for...
Wash your dishes in a stream
Heat injury
Wet - rainy conditions
Cotton

50. Humans do not inherently acquire a...
Sense of direction
A 7.5-minute map
North-south
South of west