Title: Scuba Diving Equipment

Name the scuba diving equipment shown on each card.

Look at the image, name the item yourself and then click the speaker to hear what the item is.

Q: This covers your eyes and nose.
A: A diving mask is necessary to see well under water. In fact, this one has bifocal lenses!
  Hint: You'll want to invest into a good quality one of these. It will serve you well for a long time.
  Hint: A mask is a basic piece of equipment: you can wear it both skuba diving and snorkeling.

Q: You breathe through this.
A: With a snorkel and a mask, you can breathe while swimming with your head in the water.

Q: This helps you float.
A: A wetsuit helps to keep you warm and bouyant in the water.

Q: This manages the air flow from the tank.
A: A regulator serves to regulate the pressure of the air or gas breathed in from the scuba tank.

Q: This holds the air for you to breathe.
A: The diving cylinder, also called a scuba tank, holds the pressurized air necessary to breathe under water.

Q: This helps keep you safe.
A: The dive computer measures the time and depth of the dive and calculates a safe method to ascend to the surface in order to avoid decompression sickness.

Q: These give you swimming power.
A: You wear fins on your feet so you can swim much better under water.

Credits: Diving half mask with plain glass lenses and small additional lenses to provide bifocal correction; by Peter Southwood; 2012; source https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Diving_half_mask_with_bifocal_lenses_P5180288.JPG; licence CC BY-SA 3.0

Credits: Diving Mask; by Grant Wilson; 2019; licence CC BY-SA 4.0

Credits: Ein Schnorchel ist Teil der Taucherausrüstung; by Alex Anlicker; 2004; source https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Snorkel.JPG; licence CC BY-SA 3.0

Credits: Snorkel; by Grant Wilson; 2019; licence CC BY-SA 4.0

Credits: classic shorty wetsuit by O'Neill; by Clemens PFEIFFER; 2006; licence CC BY 2.5

Credits: Wetsuit; by Grant Wilson; 2019; licence CC BY-SA 4.0

Credits: Aqualung Legend diving regulator; by Artinge; 2010; source https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Aqualung_Legend_regulator.jpg; licence CC BY-SA 3.0

Credits: Regulator; by Grant Wilson; 2019; licence CC BY-SA 4.0

Credits: Diving Cylinder; by Mark.murphy at English Wikipedia; 2006; source https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/12_and_3_litre_diving_cylinders.JPG; licence CC BY-SA 3.0

Credits: Diving Cylinder or Scuba Tank; by Grant Wilson; 2019; licence CC BY-SA 4.0

Credits: A scuba dive computer; by Tonyrandine; 2015; source https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/Scuba_dive_computer.jpeg; licence CC BY-SA 4.0

Credits: Swim fins; by Alexander Z; 2006; source https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/SwimFins_02.jpg; licence CC BY-SA 3.0

Credits: Swim fins; by Grant Wilson; 2019; licence CC BY-NC-SA 4.0