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1. Down is a good choice as an insulator for...
Wet - rainy conditions
Mountain
Dead
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.

2. Glucose (blood sugar) is the only fuel normally used by...
Brain cells
Iron in rocks
Cloudless= 5 degrees
Highest thing around

3. B.L.I.S.S
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Equal elevation
Geographic north
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water

4. What are the four cardinal points and inter cardinal points of the compass?
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
1:00pm
Index
Protozoa

5. _______ are shorter in the summer than they are in the winter.
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
Heat production
Help - a distress call
Shadows

6. Sweating is a form of ___ heat loss.
60 minutes
Evaporation
Oxygen - fuel - heat
Cloudy = 3 degrees

7. Person feels cold/lags behind. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Radiation
Exercise
Mild

8. Describe the difference between filtering water and purifying water.
Sterilizing
5 seconds
4 maps
Equinoxes

9. Name the four category plants fall into
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
North-south
Cloudless= 5 degrees
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth

10. Giardia lamblia is a ____
Shadows
4 maps
Wet - rainy conditions
Protozoa

11. Shivering stops. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
25 times faster
17 degrees
1:2
Severe

12. On the spring and fall ____ the sun rises exactly east and sets exactly west.
Equinoxes
Mild
Equal elevation
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea

13. As you gain elevation - the percentage of O2 in the air...
Level of dehydration
Increases
Iodine water purification tablets
Equinoxes

14. Sound - including thunder - travels about a mile in __ seconds near the ground.
Brain
5 seconds
Conduction
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous

15. Your thirst mechanism is not a very good indicator of your...
Level of dehydration
Mild
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
17 degrees

16. At rest - the majority of heat production does not occur in the...
Shadows
Head region
Internal temperature
Convection

17. The umbles. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
8000 feet
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
Shadows

18. The mechanism of heat loss that is the most common when the body is at rest is ___
Radiation
1:2
17 degrees
Sterilizing

19. Magnetic north and __________ are not the same.
Geographic north
A 7.5-minute map
Fat
12 hours

20. _________ pack more energy per gram than carbohydrates.
Increases
Fat
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
Cotton

21. Clouds do not block...
Cooling systems
15
UV radiation
Severe

22. All _____________ are non-poisonous
Iodine water purification tablets
The county sheriff
1:2
Fresh water fish

23. What is the value of declination in the Eugene area?
17 degrees
Conduction
Geographic north
12 hours

24. The kind of air space that exists between fibers and is responsible for trapping body heat is called ___ air space.
4 miles
17 degrees
15 minutes
Dead

25. Humans have very efficient...
Minimize impact
Mild
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Cooling systems

26. A 10-percent loss of body fluids results in...
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
Brain
Conduction
Fresh water fish

27. A person with ____________ has lost the ability to rewarm on her/his own.
Moderate hypothermia
15 minutes
Equinoxes
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW

28. The earth's axis is tilted _____ degrees from vertical.
23.5
Index
Poison oak rash
Mild

29. Shivering requires the energy of a...
Wash your dishes in a stream
Slow jog
Conduction
200 feet

30. A contour line is a line that connects points of ___ ____.
Red end
Level of dehydration
Equal elevation
UV radiation

31. Lines of latitude run east-west and lines of longitude run...
2 degrees
4 miles
1:2
North-south

32. Exposure of an area to cool - wet conditions for approximately __ hours is necessary to produce trench foot.
12 hours
17 degrees
Mild
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin

33. Heat loss due to physical contact with a cooler object is called ___
Cooling systems
Conduction
1:00pm
200 feet

34. If you set up camp in a pristine area - you should move camp every day to...
Cloudless= 5 degrees
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Minimize impact
Dead

35. For maximum benefit - it's best to drink water at a rate of 1/4 liter every ___ minutes.
Wet - rainy conditions
Iodine water purification tablets
Cooling systems
15 minutes

36. Name the three parts of the fire triangle.
North-south
Moderate
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Oxygen - fuel - heat

37. Generally speaking - a lightning bolt will hit the...
North-south
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
Moderate hypothermia
Highest thing around

38. A hot shower can relieve the itching common to...
25 times faster
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
5 seconds
Poison oak rash

39. Loss of body heat to circulating wind is called ___.
Protozoa
Cotton
Brain
Convection

40. The locations of the ______ is not fixed.
4 miles
Magnetic north pole
25 times faster
Sense of direction

41. If the separation between the flash of lightning and the clap of thunder is 20 seconds - the lightning is how far away?
4 miles
Radiation
1:2
Mild

42. Three blasts of a whistle means ____.
The point the lost person was last seen
Help - a distress call
Level of dehydration
60 degrees

43. What county agency organizes - and is responsible for search and rescue operations in Oregon?
Evaporation
Protozoa
Equal elevation
The county sheriff

44. At northern altitudes in December - the sun rises south of east and sets...
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Polaris
South of west
Help - a distress call

45. It's not acceptable within the LNT philosophy to _____________ with biodegradable soap.
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
Wash your dishes in a stream
Minimize impact
15 minutes

46. S.U.R.V.I.V.A.L
Fresh water fish
Poison oak rash
Protozoa
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

47. The three forces of nature that work to decompose solid waste are ___ - ___ - and ___.
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
Increases
Lean to - A frame - Dome

48. __________ kill cryptosporidium as well as Giardia
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Iodine water purification tablets
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.

49. How many 7.5-minute maps are required to represent the same area as one 15-minute map?
60 degrees
4 maps
In the extremities
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea

50. 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
Internal temperature
Moderate
Dead

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