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Wilderness Survival

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Clouds do not block...
UV radiation
Equinoxes
Equal elevation
Red end

2. What is the ratio of shelter insulation on top to ground cover?
Moderate hypothermia
UV radiation
Wet - rainy conditions
1:2

3. If the separation between the flash of lightning and the clap of thunder is 20 seconds - the lightning is how far away?
4 miles
1:00pm
South of west
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.

4. A 10-percent loss of body fluids results in...
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
Protozoa
South of west
Severe

5. Uncontrollable shivering. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Heat production
Moderate
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Power lines

6. What county agency organizes - and is responsible for search and rescue operations in Oregon?
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles
1:00pm
The county sheriff
17 degrees

7. Loss of body heat to circulating wind is called ___.
1:00pm
Convection
Shadows
Brain cells

8. Heat loss due to physical contact with a cooler object is called ___
Radiation
15
Shadows
Conduction

9. What is the first step you should take when you become lost?
Highest thing around
Conduction
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Exercise

10. The locations of the ______ is not fixed.
Level of dehydration
The point the lost person was last seen
12 hours
Magnetic north pole

11. ________ is a naturally occurring mineral that can deflect the compass needle.
Iron in rocks
Cloudless= 5 degrees
Radiation
Cooling systems

12. A 15-percent loss of body fluids results in...
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Increases
Wash your dishes in a stream
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin

13. All _____________ are non-poisonous
Fresh water fish
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.
Radiation
Poison oak rash

14. Down is a good choice as an insulator for...
1:00pm
Wet - rainy conditions
Red end
Sense of direction

15. Person feels cold/lags behind. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
60 degrees
Minimize impact
Mild
UV radiation

16. _________ pack more energy per gram than carbohydrates.
North-south
Poison oak rash
4 miles
Fat

17. Lines of latitude run __________ from each other.
Equidistant
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
Iodine water purification tablets

18. As you gain elevation - the percentage of O2 in the air...
Mild
60 minutes
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Increases

19. Ataxia. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Brain cells
Moderate
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Convection

20. The kind of air space that exists between fibers and is responsible for trapping body heat is called ___ air space.
60 degrees
Evaporation
25 times faster
Dead

21. __________ kill cryptosporidium as well as Giardia
8000 feet
Iodine water purification tablets
Brain cells
Mild

22. Can't perform complex mental tasks. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Heat injury
Mild
Brain
Dead

23. __________ can cause deviation of the compass needle.
Power lines
Equinoxes
The county sheriff
UV radiation

24. What are the four cardinal points and inter cardinal points of the compass?
Increases
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Minimize impact
200 feet

25. _________ is not an effective insulator in wet - cold conditions.
Conduction
Fat
200 feet
Cotton

26. The umbles. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
1:00pm
Severe
Moderate
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water

27. The earth's axis is tilted _____ degrees from vertical.
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
23.5
In the extremities
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin

28. The three forces of nature that work to decompose solid waste are ___ - ___ - and ___.
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
5 seconds
25 times faster

29. The boiling point of water decreases __ degrees for every 1000 feet of elevation gain.
2 degrees
Cloudless= 5 degrees
1:00pm
Severe

30. R.I.C.E
Level of dehydration
Minimize impact
R- rest i- ice c-compression e- elevate
UV radiation

31. For significant precipitation to form - air must...
Rise or be lifted
Exercise
Geographic north
Magnetic north pole

32. Humans have very efficient...
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
Head region
60 degrees
Cooling systems

33. Name the three parts of the fire triangle.
Oxygen - fuel - heat
Help - a distress call
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Power lines

34. All others factors being equal - when air rises in a cloudless sky it cools at the rate of __degrees/1000ft.
Oxygen - fuel - heat
Cooling systems
Cloudless= 5 degrees
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.

35. Describe the difference between filtering water and purifying water.
Increases
Equidistant
Conduction
Sterilizing

36. Loss of fine motor control in hands. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Mild
17 degrees
Poison oak rash
8000 feet

37. List - in order - the treatment for mild hypothermia.
Lean to - A frame - Dome
Equinoxes
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.
Slow jog

38. A hot shower can relieve the itching common to...
Head region
Poison oak rash
Increases
60 degrees

39. Lines of latitude run east-west and lines of longitude run...
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Minimize impact
North-south
200 feet

40. Orographic lifting is the lifting of air over a _____ barrier.
Severe
Fat
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Mountain

41. A small cave - Beneath a lone tree
Radiation
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Cloudy = 3 degrees

42. Fine shivering. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Red end
15
Cloudy = 3 degrees
Mild

43. It's not acceptable within the LNT philosophy to _____________ with biodegradable soap.
60 minutes
Iodine water purification tablets
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Wash your dishes in a stream

44. Glucose (blood sugar) is the only fuel normally used by...
Moderate
Head region
Level of dehydration
Brain cells

45. ___________ does not degrade quickly in water sources such as lakes and streams.
Magnetic north pole
Slow jog
Increases
Biodegradable soap

46. At rest - the majority of heat production does not occur in the...
Hand - feet - hair - clothing - teeth
Level of dehydration
Head region
Index

47. Generally speaking - a lightning bolt will hit the...
4 miles
Cloudless= 5 degrees
Highest thing around
Lean to - A frame - Dome

48. An initial reaction of the body when it attempts to cool itself is to dilate the blood vessels...
25 times faster
In the extremities
200 feet
Cotton

49. High altitude begins at what elevation?
8000 feet
Head region
4 maps
Severe

50. What is the value of declination in the Eugene area?
Mild
Exercise
Highest thing around
17 degrees