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Wilderness Survival

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the first core organ to exhibit signs of being affected by hypothermia?
Brain
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Cooling systems

2. The mechanism of heat loss that is the most common when the body is at rest is ___
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Minimize impact
Radiation
Sterilizing

3. Humans have very efficient...
Biodegradable soap
Cooling systems
Fresh water fish
1:24000

4. At northern altitudes in December - the sun rises south of east and sets...
South of west
Equinoxes
60 degrees
Polaris

5. Heat stroke is a life-threatening...
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
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Heat injury
Dead

6. Loss of body heat to circulating wind is called ___.
Increases
Convection
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Red end

7. Describe the difference between filtering water and purifying water.
1:2
Sterilizing
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
Power lines

8. Giardia lamblia is a ____
Protozoa
Brain cells
200 feet
The county sheriff

9. The ______ of the compass needle points towards magnetic north.
Heat production
Conduction
South of west
Red end

10. All others factors being equal - when air rises in a cloudy sky it cools at the rate of __degrees/1000ft.
Biodegradable soap
A 7.5-minute map
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Sense of direction

11. Exposure of an area to cool - wet conditions for approximately __ hours is necessary to produce trench foot.
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Power lines
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
12 hours

12. On the spring and fall ____ the sun rises exactly east and sets exactly west.
Fat
Brain cells
Equinoxes
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle

13. ________ is a naturally occurring mineral that can deflect the compass needle.
Iron in rocks
Mild
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Slow jog

14. Person feels cold/lags behind. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
17 degrees
Sterilizing
The county sheriff
Mild

15. Lines of latitude run __________ from each other.
Equidistant
Heat production
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
200 feet

16. A small cave - Beneath a lone tree
Oxygen - fuel - heat
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Sense of direction
Equidistant

17. Shivering requires the energy of a...
Slow jog
Convection
Fresh water fish
Equal elevation

18. 7.5-minute maps made by the USGS generally span how many miles north to south? East to west?
Heat production
Severe
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
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.

19. When the sun is at a bearing of 240 degrees in the sky - the shadows point to __.
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
60 degrees
Internal temperature
Conduction

20. R.I.C.E
Iron in rocks
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
1:24000
5 seconds

21. A hot shower can relieve the itching common to...
Poison oak rash
Equinoxes
Mild
Cloudless= 5 degrees

22. All others factors being equal - when air rises in a cloudless sky it cools at the rate of __degrees/1000ft.
Head region
Power lines
Equinoxes
Cloudless= 5 degrees

23. Name the four category plants fall into
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
Sense of direction
15
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin

24. Searchers usually begin their search for a lost person from what location?
Power lines
The point the lost person was last seen
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
Fresh water fish

25. What is the ratio of shelter insulation on top to ground cover?
Increases
1:2
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
4 miles

26. Loss of fine motor control in hands. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
South of west
Iodine water purification tablets
Cotton
Mild

27. The color black on the map represents what kind of features?
Evaporation
Convection
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs

28. Fine shivering. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Oxygen - fuel - heat
Convection
Mild
23.5

29. Generally speaking - a lightning bolt will hit the...
12 hours
5 seconds
Sense of direction
Highest thing around

30. What is the first step you should take when you become lost?
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Head region
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.

31. For significant precipitation to form - air must...
1:00pm
Mild
Dead
Rise or be lifted

32. The umbles. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Moderate
Fat
1:00pm
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle

33. A 10-percent loss of body fluids results in...
Mild
15 minutes
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
Help - a distress call

34. If you set up camp in a pristine area - you should move camp every day to...
Mild
Minimize impact
South of west
Index

35. Name the three parts of the fire triangle.
Polaris
Dead
Oxygen - fuel - heat
60 degrees

36. What are the four cardinal points and inter cardinal points of the compass?
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Convection
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Slow jog

37. Sound - including thunder - travels about a mile in __ seconds near the ground.
Convection
4 maps
2 degrees
5 seconds

38. Name the three types of shelter designs
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Lean to - A frame - Dome
Protozoa
17 degrees

39. __________ can cause deviation of the compass needle.
Cloudless= 5 degrees
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
Mild
Power lines

40. The kind of air space that exists between fibers and is responsible for trapping body heat is called ___ air space.
2 degrees
The county sheriff
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Dead

41. The three forces of nature that work to decompose solid waste are ___ - ___ - and ___.
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
Convection
Minimize impact
5 seconds

42. How many minutes are there are there in one degree of latitude or longitude?
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
60 minutes
Mild
Wet - rainy conditions

43. A contour line is a line that connects points of ___ ____.
Minimize impact
1:24000
Equal elevation
4 miles

44. All _____________ are non-poisonous
23.5
Fresh water fish
Oxygen - fuel - heat
Mild

45. Glucose (blood sugar) is the only fuel normally used by...
Index
Cooling systems
Brain cells
Red end

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

47. Name the five parts of the bow drill.
Protozoa
Moderate
Conduction
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle

48. Water conducts heat away from the body approximately __ times faster than air at the same temperature.
Heat injury
UV radiation
25 times faster
Severe

49. Ataxia. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Mild
200 feet
Mountain
Moderate

50. Sweating is a form of ___ heat loss.
Red end
8000 feet
Evaporation
60 degrees