M8 – Basic Principles of Physics

AT THE END OF THE MODULE THE STUDENT MUST KNOW

1. The value of atmospheric pressure at sea level, as varies the hydrostatic pressure and what is absolute pressure.
2. The most common units to measure pressure.
3. How the volume of a gas varies with pressure variations.
4. What effect have on the cavities of the body the variations in depth.
5. What is the compensation technique.
6. What effect of pressure variations on air-containing equipment is.
7. What happens to a body dipped in a liquid, depending on its weight and volume.
8. How can you achieve the balance of a body dipped in a liquid.
9. How to use the rib cage to reduce the handling of the vest.
10. What changes in vision occur during diving and how they are corrected.
11. What hearing changes occur during the dive and what precautions the diver should have.