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Wilderness Survival

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the value of declination in the Eugene area?
1:24000
17 degrees
Fresh water fish
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)

2. How many 7.5-minute maps are required to represent the same area as one 15-minute map?
The point the lost person was last seen
In the extremities
4 maps
Wash your dishes in a stream

3. The color black on the map represents what kind of features?
Heat injury
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
Brain cells
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus

4. Lines of latitude run __________ from each other.
Equidistant
Mild
Mountain
1:24000

5. A 10-percent loss of body fluids results in...
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
5 seconds
Magnetic north pole

6. For maximum benefit - it's best to drink water at a rate of 1/4 liter every ___ minutes.
Polaris
Help - a distress call
Equidistant
15 minutes

7. Giardia lamblia is a ____
Index
Protozoa
Mild
1:2

8. The umbles. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Moderate
25 times faster
Iodine water purification tablets

9. It is not always ok to use ________ as a treatment modality for someone experiencing mild or moderate hypothermia.
Exercise
Fat
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Equinoxes

10. All _____________ are non-poisonous
Exercise
200 feet
Fresh water fish
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW

11. All others factors being equal - when air rises in a cloudy sky it cools at the rate of __degrees/1000ft.
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Brain cells
Wash your dishes in a stream
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.
Dead
Oxygen - fuel - heat
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
Cloudless= 5 degrees

13. On the spring and fall ____ the sun rises exactly east and sets exactly west.
Iron in rocks
Mild
15 minutes
Equinoxes

14. Name the three parts of the fire triangle.
Brain
Oxygen - fuel - heat
Cooling systems
Not adequately hydrated

15. Orographic lifting is the lifting of air over a _____ barrier.
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.
Iron in rocks
Mountain
Exercise

16. How many minutes are there are there in one degree of latitude or longitude?
In the extremities
60 minutes
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
Moderate

17. A person with ____________ has lost the ability to rewarm on her/his own.
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Moderate hypothermia
Polaris

18. The ______ of the compass needle points towards magnetic north.
1:2
1:24000
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
Red end

19. ________ is a naturally occurring mineral that can deflect the compass needle.
Level of dehydration
The point the lost person was last seen
Sterilizing
Iron in rocks

20. Exposure of an area to cool - wet conditions for approximately __ hours is necessary to produce trench foot.
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
12 hours
1:2
A 7.5-minute map

21. Heat loss due to physical contact with a cooler object is called ___
Conduction
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
Severe
23.5

22. Magnetic north and __________ are not the same.
60 degrees
Geographic north
Equinoxes
Slow jog

23. What four parts of your body should you keep clean?
Slow jog
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
Rise or be lifted
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth

24. Name the five parts of the bow drill.
Heat production
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
60 degrees
4 miles

25. If you set up camp in a pristine area - you should move camp every day to...
Radiation
Increases
Minimize impact
60 degrees

26. As you gain elevation - the percentage of O2 in the air...
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.
17 degrees
Increases
Mild

27. What are the four cardinal points and inter cardinal points of the compass?
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
A 7.5-minute map
Exercise
Equal elevation

28. Searchers usually begin their search for a lost person from what location?
Dead
Equidistant
Cloudy = 3 degrees
The point the lost person was last seen

29. Heat cramps will occur if a person is...
Moderate
Slow jog
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
Not adequately hydrated

30. The boiling point of water decreases __ degrees for every 1000 feet of elevation gain.
North-south
Moderate hypothermia
2 degrees
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)

31. Uncontrollable shivering. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Brain cells
The county sheriff
Moderate
4 maps

32. Down is a good choice as an insulator for...
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Moderate
Wet - rainy conditions
Biodegradable soap

33. Humans do not inherently acquire a...
Mild
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
17 degrees
Sense of direction

34. Generally speaking - a lightning bolt will hit the...
Wet - rainy conditions
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
Highest thing around
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.

35. A hot shower can relieve the itching common to...
Internal temperature
Poison oak rash
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
UV radiation

36. Lines of latitude run east-west and lines of longitude run...
Moderate
15 minutes
23.5
North-south

37. __________ can cause deviation of the compass needle.
Power lines
Cotton
60 minutes
Moderate

38. The average apparent motion of the sun across the sky is ____ degrees per hour.
Mild
Equal elevation
Heat production
15

39. It's not acceptable within the LNT philosophy to _____________ with biodegradable soap.
Severe
Evaporation
Wash your dishes in a stream
15 minutes

40. A 15-percent loss of body fluids results in...
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
1:2
Slow jog

41. What county agency organizes - and is responsible for search and rescue operations in Oregon?
Heat injury
1:24000
The county sheriff
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth

42. __________ kill cryptosporidium as well as Giardia
Not adequately hydrated
Polaris
Iodine water purification tablets
Iron in rocks

43. Your thirst mechanism is not a very good indicator of your...
Shadows
Equal elevation
Moderate
Level of dehydration

44. Name some plants that can provide nourishment in the wild
Convection
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
1:00pm
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth

45. The kind of air space that exists between fibers and is responsible for trapping body heat is called ___ air space.
Moderate
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Cooling systems
Dead

46. What is the first core organ to exhibit signs of being affected by hypothermia?
Wash your dishes in a stream
Level of dehydration
Brain
Cloudy = 3 degrees

47. Sound - including thunder - travels about a mile in __ seconds near the ground.
Geographic north
1:2
5 seconds
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water

48. High altitude begins at what elevation?
Moderate
8000 feet
Equinoxes
Moderate hypothermia

49. Shivering stops. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Poison oak rash
25 times faster
Severe

50. A small cave - Beneath a lone tree
60 degrees
Lean to - A frame - Dome
Moderate
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm