1. What are the 4 basic requirements humans require for survival?

A. Water, Shelter, Fire, and Food. The priority and importance are related to the circumstances and conditions of emergency.
The longer you may be in the situation and more extreme your environment.
2. If you find yourself stranded in the wilderness most experts agree that one of the requirements from the first question is the first priority over the others. Which one?
A. Safe Water either clean source or ability to clean and purify water.
3. How long can the average human live without food? How about water?
A. Experts answer varies due to situation and environment but the average is 3 days without water and 3 weeks without food. The temperature, environment, and lack of shelter will affect an individuals needs as well as their physical condition.
4. How much water does the average adult require per day?
A. This is also dependent on individual/male or female condition, environment, and exertion. Most recommendations is at least two quarts per day with additional needed for hotter, more exertion and for food prep and hygiene for total of up to one gallon per day.
5. What is the best tool for starting a fire?
A. Conditions dictate the best fire source with the easiest is a lighter (limited by wind,rain, fuel available-lighter fluid/butane, electric) with , next would be matches (limited by wind, rain), next would be Magnesium/ ferro striker. None of these are of use without a dry or flammable tinder ,fire starter Charcloth/petroleum cottonballs, etc.
6. A sharp, reliable ________ is arguably the single most important tool you can invest in for your survival pack.
A. A sharp fixed blade knife with about a 5 inch, full tang, high carbon (easier to sharpen) blade is the average recommended. Additionally, the knife should fit your hand comfortably and have a non-slip grip.
7. A tarp should also be a part of every bug out pack because it has dozens of potential uses. Can you name the top 5?
A. Shelter (A-frame, teepee, or lean-to) to protect against elements (rain, sun, snow, wind), ground sheet, rain collection, Emergency signal, Wrapping around you to help to protect against elements if you walking/bug-out or as emergency blanket, improvised backpack, makeshift stretcher, folded and hung between two trees to form a hammock, game drag, hang food in tree as “bear Bag”. Cut into strips to form cordage. Google tarp use and you get over fifty uses, though most are just variations of protecting from elements or carrying.
8. How do you tell direction without a compass?
A. In the northern hemisphere With the hour hand pointed at the sun, find the halfway point between where “12” is on your watch and the hour hand - that direction would be south, while the 180 degrees in opposite direction would be north (or), the sun’s highest point every day is directly south.
At night line up the outer most stars in the big dippers scoop and go up to find the bright north star.
Another method is using magnet or static electricity by rubbing a needle to magnetize it. Rub from middle to “eye” end and carefully placing in container 0f water on a small leaf to point north.
9. What’s an easy way to tell time without a watch?
A. Besides Phone a friend, Start facing the sun, extending one arm fully in front of you with your palm facing you horizontally. Close your fingers together and align your little finger with the horizon and count how many finger widths it takes to reach the sun. Depending on the season and time of day, you may need to continue stacking one hand over the other to keep count. Four finger widths represent one hour of sunlight, so unless you have exceptionally thin (or thick!) fingers, a count of eight finger widths late June in northern midwest would be approximately 7:30 p.m.

10. Is it ever OK to drink urine for survival? Seriously — is it??
ABSOLUTELY NO! It WILL NOT rehydrate you, it will cause you to dehydrate at a faster rate. The more dehydrated you are, the more dangerous.

1. Water, Food, shelter, security2
2. Drinkable water
3. Food – 3 weeks. Water -3 days
4. 1gallon
5. Arc lighter
6. Knife
7. Shelter, hammock, water gathering, ground cover, rain coat
8. Moss usually grows on North side of tree. Sun rises in East and sets in West.
9. The sun and at night the big and little dipper.
10. No

1. Shelter, water fire food.2. shelter.3.7 to 14 days water 3 days 4.2 gallons 5. A striker.6. A 5 inch straight blade not a cheap one.7. Cover, shelter, ground cover, carrying bag water catch. emergency signal.8. use the stars find the North star put a stick in the ground make an arrow direction to the north star that’s a start.9 use the sun like a sundial 10, I read about this with the info I have you can one time but I would filter it someway first like through a T-shirt or if you have a filter hopefully