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DIVEMASTERS membership information
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New membership validation stickers will be issued soon to all members with their dues paid up to date. These validation stickers are attached to the back side of your membership card and signify that your membership is fully paid through July, 2001.
If your dues are in arrears, you will need to make your dues current
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prior to participating in any club sponsored functions, such as our upcoming Photo contest.
If your membership information has changed (ie: certification level, name change, etc.) and you need a new membership card, please contact Jim Cook at 877-8722
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Testing your knowledge. (Answers on page 4 - no fair peeking)
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Taken from Dive Training magazine
1 Increased levels of nutrients (nitrates and phosphates from fertilizers and sewage) discharged into coastal waters can cause prolific
algae growth which threatens corals. This nutrient input problem is termed:
A Edification
B Eutrophication
C The Greenhouse Effect
D Effusion
2 Coral bleaching occurs when coral polyps expel their symbiotic algae, known as:
A Zooplankton
B Phytoplankton
C Zooxanthallae
D Phytoplasm
3 Researchers believe coral bleaching is caused by:
A Abnormally high water
temperatures
B Excessive rainfall
(added sedimentation)
C Tropical storms (direct damage)
D All of the above
4 When worldwide time zones were established in 1884, the meridian of longitude running through the
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Greenwich Observatory was
chosen as the starting point for time zones. This meridian is often called the prime meridian and time there is known as:
A Starting Time
B Prime Meridian Time (PMT)
C Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
D All of the above
5 To execute a rolling back entry from a boat's amidships gunwale, a diver would position himself:
A On a dive platform located on the
starboard side
B Seated in the middle of a dive
platform located at the stern
C Midway between the bow and
stern seated on the boat's side
6 The mating cycle of grunion is governed by the seasons and is in conjunction with:
A Lunar cycles
B Tidal cycles
C Both A and B are correct
7 The "single male/numerous female" reproductive strategy used by many bony fishes is known as:
A Monogamy
B Polygamy
C Monophony
D Polgyny
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8 Sharks, rays and skates make up a group of fishes known as:
A Cartilaginous fishes
B Apex predators
C Simultaneous hermaphrodites
D All of the above
9 An elevation in body temperature that occurs because of a change in the thermoregulatory center located in the brain is commonly
referred to as:
A Fever
B Heatstroke
C Heat exhaustion
D All of the above
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10 The fail-safe downstream design of most modern scuba regulators permits unimpeded air flow in the event of a mechanical malfunction. When air continuously escapes from a regulator second stage it is commonly referred to as a:
A Downstream failure
B Free-flow
C Rupture
D All of the above
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