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Wilderness Survival

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Giardia lamblia is a ____
Moderate
Wet - rainy conditions
Iron in rocks
Protozoa

2. What four parts of your body should you keep clean?
Cooling systems
4 maps
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Biodegradable soap

3. B.L.I.S.S
Equinoxes
Biodegradable soap
Dead
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location

4. S.U.R.V.I.V.A.L
Biodegradable soap
Equinoxes
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
Moderate

5. How many 7.5-minute maps are required to represent the same area as one 15-minute map?
4 maps
Highest thing around
A 7.5-minute map
Mild

6. At northern altitudes in December - the sun rises south of east and sets...
South of west
Oxygen - fuel - heat
Power lines
Cloudy = 3 degrees

7. For significant precipitation to form - air must...
Severe
A 7.5-minute map
Internal temperature
Rise or be lifted

8. Shivering stops. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Severe
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
15
1:2

9. Name the four category plants fall into
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
Heat injury
UV radiation
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location

10. Name the five parts of the bow drill.
Iron in rocks
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
4 miles
Mild

11. Which map provides more detail - a 7.5-minute map or a 15-minute map?
1:2
A 7.5-minute map
Highest thing around
Polaris

12. R.I.C.E
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
Lean to - A frame - Dome
Convection
Poison oak rash

13. List - in order - the treatment for mild hypothermia.
Conduction
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.
Index
Magnetic north pole

14. Exposure of an area to cool - wet conditions for approximately __ hours is necessary to produce trench foot.
Moderate hypothermia
12 hours
Wash your dishes in a stream
In the extremities

15. Ataxia. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Equal elevation
200 feet
Moderate
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.

16. The earth's axis is tilted _____ degrees from vertical.
23.5
Moderate
8000 feet
1:24000

17. The locations of the ______ is not fixed.
UV radiation
5 seconds
Magnetic north pole
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.

18. A contour line is a line that connects points of ___ ____.
5 seconds
Iron in rocks
Rise or be lifted
Equal elevation

19. If the separation between the flash of lightning and the clap of thunder is 20 seconds - the lightning is how far away?
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Cooling systems
Fat
4 miles

20. Sweating is a form of ___ heat loss.
200 feet
60 degrees
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
Evaporation

21. Humans do not inherently acquire a...
Moderate
Sense of direction
17 degrees
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus

22. On the spring and fall ____ the sun rises exactly east and sets exactly west.
5 seconds
Radiation
Equinoxes
Fresh water fish

23. __________ kill cryptosporidium as well as Giardia
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
1:2
Iodine water purification tablets
Fat

24. The mechanism of heat loss that is the most common when the body is at rest is ___
Internal temperature
Sterilizing
Radiation
Poison oak rash

25. Humans have very efficient...
Slow jog
Geographic north
Cooling systems
Rise or be lifted

26. An initial reaction of the body when it attempts to cool itself is to dilate the blood vessels...
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
Sterilizing
UV radiation
In the extremities

27. The ______ of the compass needle points towards magnetic north.
Evaporation
Wet - rainy conditions
Red end
Poison oak rash

28. Magnetic north and __________ are not the same.
South of west
Geographic north
Mild
Biodegradable soap

29. Generally speaking - a lightning bolt will hit the...
Evaporation
60 degrees
Iron in rocks
Highest thing around

30. Heat cramps will occur if a person is...
Sense of direction
Heat production
Not adequately hydrated
Shadows

31. Orographic lifting is the lifting of air over a _____ barrier.
Mountain
The county sheriff
Increases
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water

32. A 15-percent loss of body fluids results in...
Index
South of west
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.

33. The most common map scale for a 7.5-minute map is...
8000 feet
1:24000
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate

34. A majority of the energy derived from the food we eat goes into...
Mild
1:2
Shadows
Heat production

35. _________ pack more energy per gram than carbohydrates.
Exercise
200 feet
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
Fat

36. The three forces of nature that work to decompose solid waste are ___ - ___ - and ___.
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
15
Index
South of west

37. Dehydration results from inadequate replacement of lost body fluids.A 5-percent loss results in...
Sense of direction
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
Minimize impact
Mild

38. Heat loss due to physical contact with a cooler object is called ___
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
12 hours
Conduction

39. Can't perform complex mental tasks. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Biodegradable soap
Mild
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea

40. _________ is not an effective insulator in wet - cold conditions.
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
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.
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
Cotton

41. Name the three types of shelter designs
Wet - rainy conditions
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
Lean to - A frame - Dome
1:2

42. The umbles. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
Internal temperature
Equal elevation
Moderate

43. Name some plants that can provide nourishment in the wild
25 times faster
Mild
Biodegradable soap
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus

44. What are the four cardinal points and inter cardinal points of the compass?
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Index
25 times faster
Fresh water fish

45. Every 5th contour line is darker in color. This line is called an __ contour line.
Index
Convection
Equinoxes
Wash your dishes in a stream

46. Hypothermia is a lowering of the body's ___.
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
South of west
Moderate
Internal temperature

47. 7.5-minute maps made by the USGS generally span how many miles north to south? East to west?
Cloudless= 5 degrees
Iodine water purification tablets
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
Protozoa

48. A 10-percent loss of body fluids results in...
Increases
25 times faster
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
Iron in rocks

49. Searchers usually begin their search for a lost person from what location?
Rise or be lifted
Heat production
The point the lost person was last seen
Cloudless= 5 degrees

50. Glucose (blood sugar) is the only fuel normally used by...
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Fat
Index
Brain cells