Outdoor Education Flashcards

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When did mountaineering begin?

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1786

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What mountain was first climbed?

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Mount Blanc

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3
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Where is mount blanc located?

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France

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4
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When was mount everest first climbed succesfully?

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may 29, 1953

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5
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How high is mount everest?

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29,032

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What are the three types of mountaineering?

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Snow climbing, Waterfall and mixed

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7
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What are the two styles of mountaineering?

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Expedition and Alpine

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8
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What is Expedition?

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Camping at the bottom

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9
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What is Alpine?

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Camping at the top

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10
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What are the things you put on your shoes to walk in ice?

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Crampons

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11
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What axe do climbers use?

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Ice axe

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12
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How many climbing classes are there?

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six

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13
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What is class one?

A

Hiking

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14
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What Is class two?

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using hiking sticks, simple scrambeling

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15
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What is class three?

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Using hands and feet, Scrambling and looking for a route

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16
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What is the outside of a rope called?

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A sheath

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17
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What is the inside of a rope called?

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the core

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18
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What are the three rock climbing holds?

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Pocket, edge and underhold

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19
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What is class five?

A

Rock climbing

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20
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What is class six?

A

Aid climbing

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21
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what equipment is used in class six?

A

Anchors and Belays

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22
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What is the study of Insects?

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Entomology

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23
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How many ants are there per one human?

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2.5 million

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24
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An ant can carry up to how much their weight?

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how many times more sensitive are a flies feet than humans tongues?
10 million
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What is the middle of an insects body called?
Thorax
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What is the end of an insect called?
Abdomen
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What are the two types of Metamorphosis?
Complete and Incomplete
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What are the four stages of Complete metamorphosis?
Egg, Larva, Pupa, Adult
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What are the three stages of Incomplete metamorphosis?
Egg, Nymph, Adult
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What are the layers of the earth (out to in)
Crust, Mantel, outer core, inner core
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What are the three plate tectonics?
Convergent, Divergent and Transform
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Which plate tectonic causes mountains?
Convergent
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Which plate tectonic causes Valleys?
Divergent
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What are the five stages of rock cycle?
Magma, Igneous, Sediments, Sedementary, metamorphic
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How do sediment rocks turn into Sedementary rocks?
Lithification, (compacting and Cementation)
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How do sedementary get to metamorphic?
Heat and/or pressure
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How does Magma turn into Igneous?
Cooling and crystalization
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What is erosion?
When water breaks rocks
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What is Ice wedging?
When ice breaks rock
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What is Thermal Expansion?
When stress breaks rock
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What Is root wedging?
When plants break rocks
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What is abrasion?
When rock breaks rock
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What is meteorology?
The study of weather patterns in the atmosphere
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What is WHAM
wind, head, air pressure, moisture
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What is the water cycle?
Evaporation, condensation, persipitation, infiltration, run off and Sublimation
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What are the five layers of the atmosphere from in to out?
Troposphere, Statusphere, mesosphere. hemisphere, exosphere
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What are the four types of clouds?
Cumulus, Cumulonimbus, Stratus, Cirrus
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Which clouds weigh over 1 million clouds?
Cumulus
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which clouds are thunderstorm clouds?
Cumulonimbus
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Which clouds are over case clouds?
Stratus
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which clouds are the highest?
Cirrus
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What four things make birds birds?
Feathered wings, beaks, hard shell eggs, warm blooded.
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What are the three flight feathers?
Primary, Secondary, Turtuiary
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What do primary feathers do?
Propel the bird
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What do Secondary feathers do?
Gives the bird lift
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What do tail feathers do?
Rudder and for landing
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what is another word for a bird of prey?
A raptor
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What is another name for secondary feathers?
Contour feathers
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How many lungs do birds have?
Two
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What do birds have all through their body's?
Air sacks
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What are birds bones?
Hollow and honeycombed
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What is rifelry?
The art, practice, or sport of shooting a target with a rifle
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What is a rifle?
A long barreled gun with helical patterns cut into the bore wall
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What are the four types of rifles?
Bolt action, semi-Automatic, Lever action, airgun
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What does the Magnus effect do?
Cause the bullet to swerve
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What does rifling do?
Cause the bullet to stabilize
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What are the four safety rules of rifelry?
Treat gun as if loaded, point mussle at ground, keep finger off trigger, be aware of target
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What are the five shooting techniques?
Shouldering, Sight alignment, breath control, trigger squeeze, follow through
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What is it called when stress breaks rock?
Thermal expansion
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What is it called when Ice breaks rock?
Ice wedging
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What is it called when water breaks rock?
Erosion
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What is it called when plants break rocks?
Root wedging
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What is it called when rock breaks rock?
Abrasion