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M8 – Basic Principles of Physics
AT THE END OF THE MODULE THE STUDENT MUST KNOW
- The value of atmospheric pressure at sea level, as varies the hydrostatic pressure and what is absolute pressure.
- The most common units to measure pressure.
- How the volume of a gas varies with pressure variations.
- What effect have on the cavities of the body the variations in depth.
- What is the compensation technique.
- What effect of pressure variations on air-containing equipment is.
- What happens to a body dipped in a liquid, depending on its weight and volume.
- How can you achieve the balance of a body dipped in a liquid.
- How to use the rib cage to reduce the handling of the vest.
- What changes in vision occur during diving and how they are corrected.
- What hearing changes occur during the dive and what precautions the diver should have.