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Wilderness Survival

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Lines of latitude run east-west and lines of longitude run...
Equidistant
North-south
Index
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water

2. For significant precipitation to form - air must...
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.
Mild
Rise or be lifted
8000 feet

3. The locations of the ______ is not fixed.
4 miles
Severe
12 hours
Magnetic north pole

4. Shivering requires the energy of a...
Severe
Minimize impact
Slow jog
4 miles

5. Name some plants that can provide nourishment in the wild
Mild
Moderate
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Protozoa

6. Your thirst mechanism is not a very good indicator of your...
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
Level of dehydration
Brain cells
Poison oak rash

7. If you set up camp in a pristine area - you should move camp every day to...
Fat
Minimize impact
Oxygen - fuel - heat
Internal temperature

8. Sweating is a form of ___ heat loss.
Evaporation
Heat injury
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Heat production

9. Lines of latitude run __________ from each other.
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Iron in rocks
Equidistant
Moderate

10. The color black on the map represents what kind of features?
Wash your dishes in a stream
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle

11. R.I.C.E
17 degrees
Mild
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate

12. Name the three types of shelter designs
Minimize impact
Lean to - A frame - Dome
Brain cells
Head region

13. On the spring and fall ____ the sun rises exactly east and sets exactly west.
17 degrees
A 7.5-minute map
Help - a distress call
Equinoxes

14. What is the ratio of shelter insulation on top to ground cover?
Slow jog
Red end
1:2
Fresh water fish

15. All _____________ are non-poisonous
Fresh water fish
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Cooling systems
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea

16. All others factors being equal - when air rises in a cloudy sky it cools at the rate of __degrees/1000ft.
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
17 degrees
200 feet
Cloudy = 3 degrees

17. Orographic lifting is the lifting of air over a _____ barrier.
25 times faster
17 degrees
23.5
Mountain

18. _______ are shorter in the summer than they are in the winter.
Equal elevation
Slow jog
Shadows
Geographic north

19. The umbles. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Cooling systems
8000 feet
Moderate
Sterilizing

20. It is not always ok to use ________ as a treatment modality for someone experiencing mild or moderate hypothermia.
Level of dehydration
Equal elevation
Exercise
Brain

21. Which map provides more detail - a 7.5-minute map or a 15-minute map?
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
A 7.5-minute map
Convection

22. Every 5th contour line is darker in color. This line is called an __ contour line.
12 hours
Lean to - A frame - Dome
Index
4 miles

23. Heat stroke is a life-threatening...
Convection
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
Heat injury
Wet - rainy conditions

24. At rest - the majority of heat production does not occur in the...
A 7.5-minute map
Brain cells
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
Head region

25. A 10-percent loss of body fluids results in...
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.
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
Conduction
1:2

26. Water conducts heat away from the body approximately __ times faster than air at the same temperature.
Mild
Moderate
Evaporation
25 times faster

27. Describe the difference between filtering water and purifying water.
Sterilizing
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.
Fresh water fish
Geographic north

28. Three blasts of a whistle means ____.
Level of dehydration
Help - a distress call
Radiation
Geographic north

29. As you gain elevation - the percentage of O2 in the air...
Increases
Iron in rocks
Slow jog
Help - a distress call

30. Name the four category plants fall into
Red end
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
Moderate
UV radiation

31. The earth's axis is tilted _____ degrees from vertical.
4 miles
Heat injury
23.5
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)

32. _________ pack more energy per gram than carbohydrates.
Fat
Moderate
Head region
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm

33. Sound - including thunder - travels about a mile in __ seconds near the ground.
5 seconds
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Mountain
Shadows

34. The kind of air space that exists between fibers and is responsible for trapping body heat is called ___ air space.
Cooling systems
Cloudless= 5 degrees
Red end
Dead

35. Dehydration results from inadequate replacement of lost body fluids.A 5-percent loss results in...
60 degrees
Protozoa
Internal temperature
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea

36. A 15-percent loss of body fluids results in...
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Polaris
Rise or be lifted
1:00pm

37. Clouds do not block...
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.
The county sheriff
Heat production
UV radiation

38. Uncontrollable shivering. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Brain cells
Moderate
12 hours
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

39. Searchers usually begin their search for a lost person from what location?
17 degrees
Equidistant
The point the lost person was last seen
A 7.5-minute map

40. High altitude begins at what elevation?
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
8000 feet
Heat injury
Internal temperature

41. ________ is a naturally occurring mineral that can deflect the compass needle.
Iron in rocks
1:2
Cloudless= 5 degrees
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea

42. How many 7.5-minute maps are required to represent the same area as one 15-minute map?
4 maps
Equal elevation
Exercise
Radiation

43. Glucose (blood sugar) is the only fuel normally used by...
Rise or be lifted
Poison oak rash
Brain cells
Dead

44. B.L.I.S.S
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Dead
Cloudless= 5 degrees
15

45. How many minutes are there are there in one degree of latitude or longitude?
60 minutes
Sense of direction
Head region
The county sheriff

46. A hot shower can relieve the itching common to...
4 maps
Lean to - A frame - Dome
Magnetic north pole
Poison oak rash

47. An initial reaction of the body when it attempts to cool itself is to dilate the blood vessels...
1:00pm
Rise or be lifted
In the extremities
Moderate

48. What is the first step you should take when you become lost?
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Conduction

49. The sun is approximately due south at what time of day during the month of August?
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
Cloudless= 5 degrees
15
1:00pm

50. Down is a good choice as an insulator for...
Heat production
Equidistant
Iodine water purification tablets
Wet - rainy conditions