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3. A feature in the landscape that can be readily recognized —anything from a prominent tree or rock, to a church or a lake.
6. Adaptability, capacity to recover.
8. A reduced representation of a portion of the surface of Earth.
11. The physical features of a stretch of land.
12. A state in which normal procedures are suspended and extra-ordinary measures are taken in order to avert a disaster.
13. A sudden ecological phenomenon of sufficient magnitude to require external assistance.
15. All of the clothing and equipment carried by a soldier.
16. Permanent reduction of the risk of a disaster.
17. A large area of land marked by an absence of trees and mainly level terrain
18. The angle between the direction the compass needle points and the true-north line.
21. Rapidly whirling, funnel-shaped air spiral that emerges from a violent thunderstorm and reaches the ground.
23. The ratio between a distance on the map and the actual distance in the field.
25. When you don’t have enough water in your body for it to function properly.
28. Moisture that falls on the earth, such as rain, hail, mist, or snow
29. A device that burns brightly, and can be used to signal for help. They can only be used once.
30. The process of determining one ’ s location in the fi eld with the help of landscape features, map, or compass, or with all three combined.

1. A mass of land jutting up much higher than the surrounding area.
2. Originally the nautical term for the direction of an object from the ship. In orienteering defined as “a direction stated in compass degrees.”
4. A conspicuous feature in the landscape shown on the map and used by the orienteer to check progress.
5. When a joint is separated; when a bone comes out of its socket.
7. The techniques and practices involved with keeping yourself clean and healthy.
9. The process of making water clean and safe enough to drink.
10. Done in secret.
12. A health condition that results from bad weather around you.
14. Something that you use to block the wind from hitting you.
19. Used whatever was available to make or create something.
20. Able to be eaten.
22. Confidence, enthusiasm, and discipline at any given time.
24. The scraps or remains of something destroyed.
26. Having to do with the ocean.
27. Something that keeps you warm and protects you from the cold.