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Abundant plant and animal life can be a good thing in a survival situation. But what dangers do animals and plants present?

Which type of fire- making material does not have to be completely dry

TRUE OR FALSE: When preparing to make a fire, you should ignite your tinder first, then immediately go looking for kindling and fuel

Name the three common ways that water leaves your body?

Which type of naturally occurring water source does not need to be purified before drinking?

In a hot environment, why should you leave your shirt on?

For how long must you boil water to kill bacteria and pathogens?

Why do you tend to need more water at higher altitudes?

Explain how to make drinkable water from saltwater or polluted water?

What is the name of the trigger mechanism inside the dotted line?

Why is it beneficial to be physically fit in a survival situation?

What are the five methods of hunting?

Generally, in a survival situation, should you concentrate on catching/hunting large or small animals? Why? Say “large!”

TRUE or FALSE: All birds are edible

Finish the sentence: Bright colors on fish, insects, and frogs is nature’s way of telling you…

Finish the sentence: If you want a bird to keep laying eggs (so you can eat them), then you shoud…

After you’ve dropped an animal you’ve been hunting, why should you always poke it in the eye with a long stick before approaching it? That’s it… a little closer… a little more… a little closer…

Name two benefits of traps and snares vs. hunting

What are the three types of traps and snares?

TRUE or FALSE: You should construct your (small) trap or snare in the same location you set it

TRUE or FALSE: A good way to avoid your scent getting on your trap is to cover your hands with mud while building it

TRUE or FALSE: Once you’ve constructed your trap, you should smoke it over a fire and urinate on it

What are the names of the three stages of combustible material?

The “Survival Rule of Threes” says… You can live 3 minutes without _________. You can live 3 days without ___________. You can live 3 weeks without __________

Explain what you need to know regarding the edibility of fish (freshwater and marine)

Animals can injure you or kill you. Plants can kill you or give you a rash.

The “fuel” (the biggest type, like logs and large branches)

False! Collect all your needs (tinder, kindling, and fuel) first, then light your tinder.

Breathing Urination Sweat

Precipitation

The shirt will trap sweat and hold it close to the skin, which cools the skin somewhat, thus slowing the rate of perspiration

For zero seconds…by the time it boils, all bacteria and pathogens have already been killed. So heat your water until it boils; then it’s safe

Higher altitudes usually result in lower temperatures and dryer air. Hence, air that a person inhales is dryer, which results in more moisture being pulled from the body at exhalation

Distill it (water to vapor, then vapor back to water)

Two-pin toggle

Because survival activities are strenuous, requiring strength and endurance.

Standing (or still) Stalking Tracking Calling Driving

Small There’s more of them; they’re generally easier to acquire; you’re likely to waste meat of a large animal (unless you’ve built a smokehouse)

True

Don’t eat me! I’m (probably) poisonous!

Leave some each time you take some.

To make sure it’s dead

They work 24/7 You can set many No effort is required after you’ve made and set them

Strangle Mangle Hold

False – build it in one place; carry it to another

True

False. Don’t use human urine on your trap.

Tinder, kindling, and fuel

Air Water Food

All freshwater fish are edible, but they should be cooked before eaten in order to kill parasites. Some marine fish are poisonous, so that can’t be eaten, even if you’ve cooked them. However, those that aren’t poisonous need not be cooked because they have no parasites due to their saltwater environment.