SSI open water diver chapter 5 Review Questions with Complete Solutions Graded A+
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SSI open water diver chapter 5 Review Questions with Complete Solutions Graded A+
72% - Answers The surface of this planet is actually made up of very little earth. It is in fact about ______ water.
10, 85% - Answers It is estimated that plant production in the oceans maybe ______ times more than...
SSI open water diver chapter 5 Review Questions with Complete Solutions Graded A+
72% - Answers The surface of this planet is actually made up of very little earth. It is in fact about ______
water.
10, 85% - Answers It is estimated that plant production in the oceans maybe ______ times more than
that on land. More than ______ of the oxygen is produced by marine plants. Even the photosynthesis
that takes place on land requires water, which originates in the oceans.
Clean maintained - Answers For us is divers, the oceans may be playgrounds, but playgrounds are only
fun and exciting if we keep them ______ and well ______.
Moon sun moon - Answers The force that originally acts on the water to create tide is the gravity of the
______ and ______, primarily the ______, pulling at the side of the earth nearest the moon.
Minimal water - Answers Near shore, the best time for diving would probably be the periods of ______
exchange of ______ between the tides.
Thermoclines - Answers Because dense, cold water tends to sink underneath warm water, layers of
various temperatures are found at different depths. The boundaries between the layers are called
______.
Surface destination depth - Answers You should keep in mind when freshwater diving that the
temperature at the ______ may be much warmer than the temperature at your ______ ______.
Longer larger - Answers The ______ and harder the wind blows the ______ the waves become. The
longer the fetch, the further the wave action will be extended.
Equipment arms - Answers It is important to hold on when entering the boat because while your ______
feels weightless in the water, as soon as you emerge from the water it will weigh you down and you may
instantaneously feel the full weight of your body and equipment transferred to your ______.
See breathe float - Answers Take these precautions in case you accidentally slip back into the water:
keep your mask in place so you can ______, your regulator or snorkeling place so you can ______, and
your BC inflated so you can ______.
Surf backwash - Answers When entering or exiting from shore, the diver's primary concern is to avoid
being knocked down and buffeted by ______ and ______.
Rip current - Answers Any time waves reach shoreline, the water must return to sea. This returning
water creates a back current, or ______ ______.
Right angle diagonal - Answers Any time you do find yourself facing into a rip current, turn and swim at a
______ ______ or ______ to it until you catch a shoreward water movement, or at least move out of the
main force of the current.
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