BAED-PEDH2122 Physical Education &

Health G12B
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A piece of equipment that makes it possible to breathe at the surface while the face is the
submerged in water.

Snorkel 

Top half of the kayak.

Deck

A soft flexible material that seats the mask around the face.

Mask Skirt 

Crossbars reinforcing the canoe and prevents sides from pulling apart under load.

Thwart

Like water skiing on a surfboard. 

Wakesurfing

A relaxing canoeing or kayaking where you can take a gentle paddle down a calm river, ocean,
or lake to do sightseeing.

Flatwater

It is the upward force of the water on an object.

Aquatics

He built the “diving engine,” which was an underwater oak cylinder supplied with compressed
air from the surface.

John Lethbridge

This prevents splashed water and spray from easily entering the tube.
 splash guard

Cushions and protects the nose. Some masks have the purge valve, a little flap valve located at
the bottom of nose pocket that helps in removing the water has entered the masks.

Nose Pocket

This type of kayaking or canoeing iswhere the canoe or kayak is fitted with a sail.

a.

Sailing

This aquatic activity involves peeking through life underneath water by swimming with the aid
of a snorkel and mask

a.

Snorkeling

Allow surfers greater balance than any other kind of surfboard.

Longboards

A snorkeling equipment which serves as the viewing device in appreciating the world beneath
the water

a.

Mask

Acts as structural support and it defines shape of boat.

a.

Gunwale

He developed an improved diving bell.

c.
Edmund Halley

This is a small valve just lower than the mouth that empties the collected water that comes down
the tube when one blows it out.

c.

purge valve

This type of kayaking is where the kayak is typically fitted with a fin, rather like a surfboard.

c.

Surf kayaking

This is applied to dry surfboards to help surfers “stick.”

c.

Surf wax

Holds the mask to the face underwater.

Strap

This is a special valve on top of the tube that completely stops water (and air) from entering the
tube when a wave comes or when diving underwater

dry valve

Allow surfers for greater maneuverability.

b.

Shortboards

He innovated a closed diving suit to complete the diving helmet.

a.
Augustus Siebe

The sides curve outward (flares out) making the beam wider.

Flared sides

The width of the boat and is measured at the widest part of the canoe or kayak.

a.

Beam

These waves are the result of an abrupt change in seabed topography.

a.

Dumping waves

The art and science of riding down a breaking wave without a board.

c.

Bodysurfing

This kind of snorkel has the most basic part, the solid tube and the mouthpiece. Sometimes, this
can be bent to a specific shape.

a.

Classic snorkel

These waves break in a stable patter

a.

True
This fins have a single, full blade while the split fin is “semiparted ” in the web, separating the
blade into two long, stiff blades

paddle-bladed fins 

These waves break in a stable pattern.

Rolling waves

This aquatic activity originated from the Carib word ‘kenu’ which means dugout.

a.

Canoeing 

This helps prevent the mask from fogging up

Mask Defogger

A beam in the center of a canoe that allows the canoe to rest on a person’s shoulder when
portaging

a.

Yoke 

The pressure exerted by the water at equilibrium due to the force of gravity.

b.

Hydrostatic Pressure

An English merchant seaman, developed the first self-contained diving gear that used
compressed oxygen and not compressed air.

Henry A. Fleuss
A diving method where a diver uses a regulator as the breathing apparatus and a tank with
compressed air which enables the diver to breathe normally underwater

a.

Scuba Diving

They provide the the necessary locomotion to propel effortlessly in the water.

-bladed fins 

This aquatic activity involves peeking through life underneath water by swimming with the aid of a
snorkel and mask

Enhance Cooling

Disabilities do not hinder anyone from scuba diving.

True

Surfing very, very big waves.

a.

Big-wave surfing