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Wilderness Survival

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Loss of body heat to circulating wind is called ___.
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Convection
Wet - rainy conditions
Cotton

2. Shivering requires the energy of a...
Fat
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.
Slow jog
Moderate

3. Describe the difference between filtering water and purifying water.
Sterilizing
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Brain
4 miles

4. What four parts of your body should you keep clean?
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Exercise
In the extremities
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles

5. Humans have very efficient...
17 degrees
Cooling systems
Index
Moderate hypothermia

6. List - in order - the treatment for mild hypothermia.
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
23.5
Sterilizing
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.

7. Giardia lamblia is a ____
Cooling systems
1:24000
Protozoa
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous

8. Exposure of an area to cool - wet conditions for approximately __ hours is necessary to produce trench foot.
8000 feet
The point the lost person was last seen
12 hours
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle

9. How many minutes are there are there in one degree of latitude or longitude?
Cloudy = 3 degrees
60 minutes
Moderate
Biodegradable soap

10. The earth's axis is tilted _____ degrees from vertical.
Slow jog
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
23.5
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water

11. __________ can cause deviation of the compass needle.
Moderate
Moderate
Power lines
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)

12. All others factors being equal - when air rises in a cloudless sky it cools at the rate of __degrees/1000ft.
Sterilizing
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Cloudless= 5 degrees

13. Uncontrollable shivering. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Equidistant
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
The point the lost person was last seen
Moderate

14. At rest - the majority of heat production does not occur in the...
Oxygen - fuel - heat
Moderate hypothermia
8000 feet
Head region

15. If you set up camp in a pristine area - you should move camp every day to...
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Shadows
Minimize impact
Fresh water fish

16. Person feels cold/lags behind. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Poison oak rash
Mild
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Fresh water fish

17. Shivering stops. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Sense of direction
Radiation
Severe
Not adequately hydrated

18. Humans do not inherently acquire a...
Fat
Heat injury
Exercise
Sense of direction

19. What is the first core organ to exhibit signs of being affected by hypothermia?
Iron in rocks
Minimize impact
Brain
Severe

20. Sound - including thunder - travels about a mile in __ seconds near the ground.
Mild
Iron in rocks
Polaris
5 seconds

21. Name the four category plants fall into
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
Brain cells
1:24000
Cloudless= 5 degrees

22. The color black on the map represents what kind of features?
Brain
Exercise
Cooling systems
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)

23. Name the three parts of the fire triangle.
Minimize impact
Oxygen - fuel - heat
15 minutes
1:2

24. What are the four cardinal points and inter cardinal points of the compass?
1:2
Fat
Slow jog
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW

25. If the separation between the flash of lightning and the clap of thunder is 20 seconds - the lightning is how far away?
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.
Wet - rainy conditions
Mild
4 miles

26. A 10-percent loss of body fluids results in...
8000 feet
Heat injury
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
Radiation

27. At northern altitudes in December - the sun rises south of east and sets...
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
South of west
Geographic north
Cloudy = 3 degrees

28. As you gain elevation - the percentage of O2 in the air...
Equal elevation
Increases
15 minutes
The county sheriff

29. For significant precipitation to form - air must...
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
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
Geographic north
Rise or be lifted

30. The name of the north star is ___.
Heat production
Polaris
25 times faster
Not adequately hydrated

31. Searchers usually begin their search for a lost person from what location?
The point the lost person was last seen
25 times faster
North-south
Minimize impact

32. It is not always ok to use ________ as a treatment modality for someone experiencing mild or moderate hypothermia.
Help - a distress call
Exercise
60 minutes
200 feet

33. Sweating is a form of ___ heat loss.
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
Index
Evaporation
Head region

34. The mechanism of heat loss that is the most common when the body is at rest is ___
Radiation
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Cloudless= 5 degrees
Iron in rocks

35. On the spring and fall ____ the sun rises exactly east and sets exactly west.
17 degrees
Equinoxes
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.
Moderate

36. Every 5th contour line is darker in color. This line is called an __ contour line.
Protozoa
Index
Biodegradable soap
Oxygen - fuel - heat

37. The ______ of the compass needle points towards magnetic north.
Cotton
Red end
Geographic north
Exercise

38. The umbles. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Sense of direction
Moderate
15 minutes
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water

39. Orographic lifting is the lifting of air over a _____ barrier.
Oxygen - fuel - heat
Mountain
200 feet
Internal temperature

40. B.L.I.S.S
Iron in rocks
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Wet - rainy conditions
Geographic north

41. _________ is not an effective insulator in wet - cold conditions.
Mild
Protozoa
Cotton
Lean to - A frame - Dome

42. Lines of latitude run __________ from each other.
Equidistant
Moderate
200 feet
Oxygen - fuel - heat

43. Hypothermia is a lowering of the body's ___.
Internal temperature
The point the lost person was last seen
Iron in rocks
Poison oak rash

44. All _____________ are non-poisonous
Power lines
Cloudless= 5 degrees
Magnetic north pole
Fresh water fish

45. Your thirst mechanism is not a very good indicator of your...
The point the lost person was last seen
Not adequately hydrated
Level of dehydration
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea

46. For maximum benefit - it's best to drink water at a rate of 1/4 liter every ___ minutes.
Moderate
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Heat production
15 minutes

47. What is the first step you should take when you become lost?
Cotton
North-south
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles

48. 7.5-minute maps made by the USGS generally span how many miles north to south? East to west?
Cotton
Protozoa
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
25 times faster

49. The most common map scale for a 7.5-minute map is...
1:24000
A 7.5-minute map
Rise or be lifted
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.

50. _______ are shorter in the summer than they are in the winter.
Heat injury
Wash your dishes in a stream
4 miles
Shadows