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Matching Two Word Quiz
by Dennis K. Graver

Instructions: Determine two word that correctly indifies what is defined in the right hand column. The first letter of the first word of each definition to the column on the left.

Example: The annual internal and external examination of a scuba cylinder is Visual Inspection.

Two-word answer

Definition

1. The annual internal and external examination of a scuba cylinder

2. A banner that indicates divers are in the area

3. The water warmed by a body inside a wetsuit helps the wearer retain body heat.

4. The inability to equalize pressure in the ears because of pressure inside the throat

5. The part of a regulator that does the primary reduction of pressure

6. The pressure exerted by each individual gas in a mixture of gases

7. The deliberate reduction of breathing to conserve air

8. A condition resulting from a sudden release of pressure in an ear during ascent

9. A third common name for a lionfish or turkeyfish

10. A system of fluid filled bony channels in the temporal bone

11. The maximum pressure to which a gas cylinder should be charged for use

12. Another name for a feet first dive derived from its use in thick algae

13. A valve in which high pressure affects the force needed to open and close it

14. A curved metal tube that is used as a pressure detector

15. The term for lost energy that must be replaced by consuming more oxygen than normal when exercise stops

16. The rate of absorption or elimination of gas in tissues at an exponential rate

17. The amount of inert gas remaining in a diver's body following a dive

18. A severe, painful injury caused by contact with the tentacles of a coelenterate

19. A gas that stimulates breathing and is generally colorless, odorless and tasteless

20. A dangerous state of stupor produced by breathing an inert gas that is under pressure

21. A duct that connects the middle ear and the back of the throat

22. Pressure that uses atmospheric pressure as a zero reference

23. A fixed reference line on a compass

24. The most important feature of a weightbelt

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