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Wilderness Survival

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Heat loss due to physical contact with a cooler object is called ___
Conduction
Severe
Mountain
Protozoa

2. A small cave - Beneath a lone tree
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Mild
Iron in rocks
200 feet

3. Glucose (blood sugar) is the only fuel normally used by...
Mild
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin
Brain cells
Equal elevation

4. Every 5th contour line is darker in color. This line is called an __ contour line.
Heat injury
Index
60 minutes
Head region

5. It's not acceptable within the LNT philosophy to _____________ with biodegradable soap.
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.
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.
Equal elevation
Wash your dishes in a stream

6. The umbles. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Highest thing around
Lean to - A frame - Dome
Internal temperature
Moderate

7. What are the four cardinal points and inter cardinal points of the compass?
In the extremities
Geographic north
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Cotton

8. At rest - the majority of heat production does not occur in the...
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Thrist - irritability - weakness -dark urine - nausea
Head region
60 minutes

9. Can't perform complex mental tasks. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
A 7.5-minute map
200 feet
Mild
Mountain

10. What county agency organizes - and is responsible for search and rescue operations in Oregon?
Mild
Sense of direction
The county sheriff
Evaporation

11. The locations of the ______ is not fixed.
Magnetic north pole
Wash your dishes in a stream
4 maps
60 minutes

12. _________ is not an effective insulator in wet - cold conditions.
Cotton
Mild
Heat injury
Rise or be lifted

13. Giardia lamblia is a ____
Radiation
Protozoa
12 hours
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous

14. Searchers usually begin their search for a lost person from what location?
Exercise
Conduction
The point the lost person was last seen
Sterilizing

15. Shivering stops. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Cooling systems
Severe
Exercise
Head region

16. Sweating is a form of ___ heat loss.
Evaporation
Rise or be lifted
2 degrees
In the extremities

17. Lines of latitude run east-west and lines of longitude run...
Mild
The county sheriff
North-south
1:2

18. The boiling point of water decreases __ degrees for every 1000 feet of elevation gain.
4 maps
Mild
2 degrees
Sterilizing

19. Describe the difference between filtering water and purifying water.
Highest thing around
1:24000
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Sterilizing

20. Clouds do not block...
Biodegradable soap
UV radiation
Conduction
Slow jog

21. When the sun is at a bearing of 240 degrees in the sky - the shadows point to __.
Cloudless= 5 degrees
60 degrees
Iodine water purification tablets
Radiation

22. The average apparent motion of the sun across the sky is ____ degrees per hour.
Polaris
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.
Power lines
15

23. The ______ of the compass needle points towards magnetic north.
Red end
B- blend in with surroundings l- low silouette i- irregular shape s- small shelter s- secluded location
Oxygen - fuel - heat
South of west

24. Sound - including thunder - travels about a mile in __ seconds near the ground.
Equidistant
5 seconds
Dead
Mild

25. Hypothermia is a lowering of the body's ___.
UV radiation
Internal temperature
Sterilizing
Iodine water purification tablets

26. ________ is a naturally occurring mineral that can deflect the compass needle.
The county sheriff
200 feet
Iron in rocks
Fresh water fish

27. Which map provides more detail - a 7.5-minute map or a 15-minute map?
Moderate hypothermia
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
In the extremities
A 7.5-minute map

28. The color black on the map represents what kind of features?
Human made (roads - trails - buildings)
Slow jog
8000 feet
Sense of direction

29. How many minutes are there are there in one degree of latitude or longitude?
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
Mild
60 minutes
Not adequately hydrated

30. 7.5-minute maps made by the USGS generally span how many miles north to south? East to west?
8000 feet
Power lines
Sense of direction
North to South? 8 miles - East to West? 6 miles

31. High altitude begins at what elevation?
8000 feet
Wash your dishes in a stream
Magnetic north pole
2 degrees

32. The three forces of nature that work to decompose solid waste are ___ - ___ - and ___.
Soil bacteria - heat from the sun - water
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW
Head region
60 minutes

33. The sun is approximately due south at what time of day during the month of August?
Amaranth - Cattail - Dandelion - nettle - quercus - juniper - Pinus species - Prickly pear cactus
Poison oak rash
Not adequately hydrated
1:00pm

34. Name the four category plants fall into
Stop moving - sit don - relax - think about how you got to where you are and think of a plan for further action.
Dizzyness - headache - inability to walk - tingly sensation in limbs
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
Protozoa

35. Lines of latitude run __________ from each other.
Equidistant
15 minutes
Heat production
1:2

36. ___________ does not degrade quickly in water sources such as lakes and streams.
Fat
Protozoa
Red end
Biodegradable soap

37. The kind of air space that exists between fibers and is responsible for trapping body heat is called ___ air space.
Mild
Mild
Magnetic north pole
Dead

38. Water conducts heat away from the body approximately __ times faster than air at the same temperature.
Poison oak rash
In the extremities
25 times faster
Equal elevation

39. On the spring and fall ____ the sun rises exactly east and sets exactly west.
Heat production
Cooling systems
A 7.5-minute map
Equinoxes

40. What is the first core organ to exhibit signs of being affected by hypothermia?
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Brain
Equinoxes
N - E - S - W NE - SE - NW - SW

41. Loss of fine motor control in hands. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
Mild
North-south
Iron in rocks

42. A 15-percent loss of body fluids results in...
Examples of bad places of escape from the weather during a lightning storm
Cloudless= 5 degrees
Moderate
Dim vision - painful urination - swollen tongue -deafness - numb feeling in the skin

43. __________ kill cryptosporidium as well as Giardia
Evaporation
Iodine water purification tablets
Protozoa
Not adequately hydrated

44. Name the three types of shelter designs
Increases
60 minutes
Heat production
Lean to - A frame - Dome

45. If the separation between the flash of lightning and the clap of thunder is 20 seconds - the lightning is how far away?
Moderate hypothermia
4 miles
Fire board - socket - string - bow - spindle
A 7.5-minute map

46. Shivering requires the energy of a...
Rise or be lifted
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
The county sheriff

47. List - in order - the treatment for mild hypothermia.
Not adequately hydrated
Medicinal - edible - useful - poisonous
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.

48. 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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49. Heat cramps will occur if a person is...
Cloudless= 5 degrees
Shadows
Geographic north
Not adequately hydrated

50. Ataxia. Mild - Moderate - or Server Hypothermia?
Level of dehydration
23.5
Power lines
Moderate