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1
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What are the leave no trace principles? (7)

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  • Plan ahead and prepare
  • Travel and camp on durable surfaces
  • Dispose of waste properly
  • Leave what you find
  • minimise campfire impacts
  • Respect wildlife
  • Be considerate of other visitors
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2
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Name all the components of fitness:

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  • Cardiovascular endurance
  • Muscular strength
  • Muscular Endurance
  • Flexibility
  • Speed
  • Body Composition
  • Power
  • Agility
  • Reaction time
  • Coordination
  • Balance
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3
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How does training work to improve your fitness?

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It works the aspects of the components of fitness, to become better and can be used for longer periods of time

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4
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What is cardiovascular endurance?

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Physical activity for long periods of time (health related)

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5
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What is muscular strength?

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Producing force using muscle

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6
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What is muscular endurance?

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Using muscles repetitively without fatigue

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7
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What is flexibility?

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Moving joints in a wide range of motion

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8
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What is speed?

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Performing a movement in a short period of time

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9
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What is body composition?

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The ratio of fat to muscle on the body

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10
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What is power?

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The ability to use muscle strength quickly

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11
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What is agility?

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To stop, start and change direction quickly

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12
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What is reaction time?

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How quickly an individual can respond

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13
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What is coordination?

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Making movement work together smoothly

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14
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What is balance?

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To control body position while standing or sitting

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15
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What does RAMS stand for?

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Risk Analysis Management System

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16
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What does the traffic light model mean?

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RED- danger is present do not enter
YELLOW- proceed with caution
GREEN- completely safe

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17
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What does DRS ABCD stand for?

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D- danger - check around for danger but don’t put yourself in danger
R- response- check if the person is conscious and squeeze their hands or feet to get a response
S- send for help- call 000
A- airways- tilt the head back and look down their airways to see if anything is blocking them from breathing
B- breathing- place your head near their ear and your hand on their chest to feel or/and hear if they are breathing
C- CPR- 30 compressions and 2 breathes
D- defibrillator- follow the steps to get an electrical pulse

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18
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What happens in a primary survey?

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DRS ABCD

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19
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What happens in a secondary survey?

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  • history
  • symptoms
  • signs (head to toe check)
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20
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Symptoms and treatment of a stone fish spike?

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Difficulty breathing and anti venom

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21
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Symptoms and treatment of a bluebottle jellyfish?

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Swollen and itchy, and wash area

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22
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Symptoms and treatment of a bee sting?

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Redness and apply ice

23
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Symptoms and treatment of an anemone sting?

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Hives and remove tentacles

24
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List and describe five personal skills that leader should possess?

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Positive – to get other people involved
Creative – making new ways for an activity
Communication skills – getting everyone involved
Responsible – taking ownership for all actions
Confidence- showing others they can follow you

25
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What is an autocratic?

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A leadership style characterised by one individual leader controlling all decisions and gets little input from group members

26
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What is the Democratic?

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A leadership style in which members of the group take more participative role in the decision making process

27
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What is a Laissez-Faire?

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A leadership style in which the leaders of are hands off and allowed all group members to make decisions

28
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What is a briefing?

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A briefing is to inform the participants on what to expect during upcoming activities

29
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When should you conduct a briefing?

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Before something educational occurs

30
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What’s a debriefing?

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A guided reflection on what has occurred during an event or activity

31
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When do you conduct a debriefing?

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Whenever a strong learning situation has occurred and immediately after the events

32
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What are the three stages of debriefing?

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What happened, so what, now what

33
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What is air pressure?

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Isobars showing areas of high and low pressure

34
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What is a low-pressure system?

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Indicating an air mass of low pressure and normally bringing rain

35
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What is a high-pressure system?

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Indicating an air mass of high-pressure bringing warm weather

36
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What is a cold front

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Called in moving in the direction of points

37
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What is a warm front

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Warm in moving in direction of the circles

38
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What is a Ridge

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Shows a tongue of high-pressure

39
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What is a trough

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A tongue of low pressure air

40
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How is rainfall shown on a weather map

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By diagonal lines where rain has been in the last 24 hours

41
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What is the importance of a buddy system

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  1. in case you get lost
  2. If you get injured they can help assist you
  3. if you get stuck in and equipment they can help you out
42
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What’s the importance of a mask

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Fit well and to correct vision on the water

43
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What is the importance of a snorkel

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To be L-shaped and pliable to breathe

44
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What is the importance of fins

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To fit properly and to bend easily to manoeuvre

45
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How do snorkellers swim?

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They bend at the knees in making a one motion movement

46
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How do people swim without fins

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Using from the hips down in a two movement motion

47
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What is fitness

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Fitness is the condition of being physically fit and healthy

48
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What does a compass Rose look like

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(Explain and draw in head)

49
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N, E, S, W are what points?

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Cardinal

50
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NE, NW, SW, SE are what points?

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Ordinal

51
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NNE, NNW, SSE, SSW, ESE, ENE, WSW, WNW are what points?

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Sub ordinal

52
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What are the four stages of a briefing?

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  1. The contract- the framework of the activity
  2. Individual goal setting- creating achievable goals
  3. Authority- leaders having ultimate responsibility
  4. Framing experience- the summary
53
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What does SMART mean?

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specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, timely

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