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Wilderness Survival

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. ________ is a naturally occurring mineral that can deflect the compass needle.
Iron in rocks
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
Brain
Equinoxes

2. Can't perform complex mental tasks. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
1:2
Mild
In the extremities
A 7.5-minute map

3. The kind of air space that exists between fibers and is responsible for trapping body heat is called ___ air space.
Wet - rainy conditions
North-south
25 times faster
Dead

4. Person feels cold/lags behind. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Heat production
23.5
Mild
Iron in rocks

5. A small cave - Beneath a lone tree
Slow jog
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
Brain
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm

6. At northern altitudes in December - the sun rises south of east and sets...
Highest thing around
South of west
Protozoa
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle

7. A 10-percent loss of body fluids results in...
Geographic north
Moderate
15 minutes
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs

8. Name the five parts of the bow drill.
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
The county sheriff
2 degrees
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW

9. What is the ratio of shelter insulation on top to ground cover?
Power lines
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
1:2
25 times faster

10. Dehydration results from inadequate replacement of lost body fluids.A 5-percent loss results in...
Fat
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
Red end
Geographic north

11. Hypothermia is a lowering of the body's ___.
1:24000
Equinoxes
Internal temperature
Moderate

12. A 15-percent loss of body fluids results in...
Radiation
Level of dehydration
Shadows
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin

13. What is the value of declination in the Eugene area?
15
Moderate
Brain cells
17 degrees

14. All others factors being equal - when air rises in a cloudless sky it cools at the rate of __degrees/1000ft.
The county sheriff
Cloudless= 5 degrees
Equinoxes
Iodine water purification tablets

15. How many minutes are there are there in one degree of latitude or longitude?
Lean to - A frame - Dome
Protozoa
Heat injury
60 minutes

16. R.I.C.E
Severe
Convection
Highest thing around
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate

17. Your thirst mechanism is not a very good indicator of your...
1:24000
Level of dehydration
Cloudless= 5 degrees
Sterilizing

18. Orographic lifting is the lifting of air over a _____ barrier.
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
Radiation
Dead
Mountain

19. What are the four cardinal points and inter cardinal points of the compass?
Geographic north
15
12 hours
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW

20. Name some plants that can provide nourishment in the wild
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
Minimize impact
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Mild

21. Name the three types of shelter designs
Rise or be lifted
Lean to - A frame - Dome
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.
4 miles

22. Clouds do not block...
15 minutes
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Polaris
UV radiation

23. When the sun is at a bearing of 240 degrees in the sky - the shadows point to __.
17 degrees
In the extremities
60 degrees
The county sheriff

24. Heat cramps will occur if a person is...
Equinoxes
Rise or be lifted
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
Not adequately hydrated

25. A contour line is a line that connects points of ___ ____.
Wash your dishes in a stream
2 degrees
Increases
Equal elevation

26. At rest - the majority of heat production does not occur in the...
Heat production
North-south
Head region
Equinoxes

27. A hot shower can relieve the itching common to...
Heat production
Poison oak rash
Sterilizing
4 miles

28. The boiling point of water decreases __ degrees for every 1000 feet of elevation gain.
Geographic north
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Fat
2 degrees

29. Generally speaking - a lightning bolt will hit the...
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
5 seconds
Highest thing around
Mild

30. The most common map scale for a 7.5-minute map is...
Equal elevation
Mild
Mild
1:24000

31. Uncontrollable shivering. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
Shadows
Moderate
Wash your dishes in a stream

32. It is not always ok to use ________ as a treatment modality for someone experiencing mild or moderate hypothermia.
Minimize impact
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
Exercise

33. Lines of latitude run east-west and lines of longitude run...
Equinoxes
North-south
Moderate
Help - a distress call

34. List - in order - the treatment for mild hypothermia.
Equinoxes
12 hours
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

35. Down is a good choice as an insulator for...
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
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.
Wet - rainy conditions

36. You are going on a solo backcountry hike for a full day. Describe the information you would convey to your roommate or friend before leaving - about your hike and the protocols to follow if you are not back by nightfall.

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37. What four parts of your body should you keep clean?
Minimize impact
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Not adequately hydrated

38. Heat loss due to physical contact with a cooler object is called ___
Conduction
Level of dehydration
60 minutes
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus

39. Fine shivering. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
Convection
Mild
1:24000

40. __________ kill cryptosporidium as well as Giardia
Iodine water purification tablets
Fresh water fish
15
Polaris

41. Sweating is a form of ___ heat loss.
Evaporation
Conduction
25 times faster
Cloudy = 3 degrees

42. _______ are shorter in the summer than they are in the winter.
12 hours
Shadows
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
Oxygen - fuel - heat

43. S.U.R.V.I.V.A.L
Heat injury
Mountain
Iron in rocks
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

44. If the separation between the flash of lightning and the clap of thunder is 20 seconds - the lightning is how far away?
Red end
Exercise
In the extremities
4 miles

45. To protect the riparian area - select a campsite location at least ___ feet away from lakes - streams - etc.
Minimize impact
200 feet
Dead
Mild

46. A majority of the energy derived from the food we eat goes into...
The point the lost person was last seen
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
60 minutes
Heat production

47. Humans do not inherently acquire a...
Cloudless= 5 degrees
Mountain
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Sense of direction

48. Giardia lamblia is a ____
Protozoa
Wash your dishes in a stream
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
Head region

49. Water conducts heat away from the body approximately __ times faster than air at the same temperature.
Increases
Geographic north
25 times faster
Wash your dishes in a stream

50. Loss of fine motor control in hands. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Mild
Cloudless= 5 degrees
60 minutes
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs