Knots
This knot is recommended for joining two ropes of unequal diameter.
What is the sheet bend?
The first step in treating a victim for shock is to do this before anything else.
What is treating life-threatening conditions?
The handbook recommends pitching tents at least this many feet from fires.
What is 15 feet?
Orienteering maps usually orient this direction toward the top of the page.
What is north?
The twelfth point of the Scout Law is this.
What is reverent?
This lashing is used when two poles cross at an angle but do not touch.
What is the diagonal lashing?
In CPR, these letters stand for the sequence “Compressions, Airway, Breathing.”
What is CAB?
This camping principle advises Scouts to “pack it in, pack it out.”
What is Leave No Trace?
A contour line on a topographic map represents locations of equal this.
What is elevation?
“To help other people at all times” comes from this oath.
What is the Scout Oath?
Scouts often use this hitch to begin and end a square lashing.
What is the clove hitch?
This type of burn damages both layers of skin and may appear white or charred.
What is a third-degree burn?
The “fire lay” most commonly used for quick cooking with concentrated heat is this one.
What is the teepee fire lay?
This method of finding direction uses the North Star.
What is celestial navigation?
This slogan reminds Scouts to perform a daily act of kindness.
What is “Do a Good Turn Daily”?
This knot creates a fixed loop that will not slip under strain.
What is the bowline?
Heat exhaustion differs from heat stroke because in heat exhaustion, the victim usually still does this.
What is sweat?
This layer of the clothing system is responsible for moisture management.
What is the base layer?
On a compass, this needle end traditionally points toward magnetic north.
What is the red end?
The left-hand handshake in Scouting symbolizes this quality.
What is trust or friendship?
This hitch is considered ideal for attaching a rope to a tent stake because it allows adjustment of tension.
What is the taut-line hitch?
This emergency condition occurs when the body’s core temperature drops dangerously low.
What is hypothermia?
This tool should never be carried with the blade open or passed directly hand-to-hand.
What is a knife?
This term describes the angular difference between true north and magnetic north.
What is declination?
What is the third principle in the outdoor code?
What is be considerate in the outdoors?